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The 2008 Conference will take place from May 21st – 23rd  in Marbella, Spain. The venue is the 5 star Don Carlos Beach &Golf Resort Hotel outside Marbella. All activities will be held in this hotel, located besides the sea and with a superb beach.

The Conference deals with different subjects:

Course production from idea to market, new media (of course) the real use:  not what is possible but what has been tried and found to be successful or not successful.

The Conference program is as follows:

Title:

WHAT NOW?

Wednesday May 21 st

15:00 - 15:30 Registration
15:30 - 15:50 Opening Ceremony by the president of EADL
15:50 - 16:00 Welcome by the Andalusia authorities
16:00 - 16:30 Coffee break

 

From idea to Market

16:30 - 17:15 From idea to launch, Mr. Juan José Azcárate, Centre CCC (Spain)
17:15 - 18:15

The use of internet as a marketing tool,
Moderator: Mr. Miguel Cordero (EADL)
Mrs. Josefa Tormos, Centre ITEM FORMATION (Spain)
How to find Authors, Jens Greefe, Germany
Projet EVA, Consejería de Innovación Tecnológica. Junta de Andalucía.
Mrs. Ainhoa Otamendi Herrera, Spain

18:15 - 19:00 Getting idea's, Mr. Kit Sadgrove, UK
19:00 - 19:30

Spanish wines; Exhibition of cutting Spanish Iberico ham by courtesy of center INTA; Tasting Protected Denomination of origin Montilla- Moriles and cellar Cruz Conde, belonging to mentioned denomination.

19:30 - Visit to the old town of Marbella and Marina

 

Thursday May 22 nd

How to survive in a free Content world

09:30 - 10:00

Registration

10:00 - 10:45

Free courses: the idea behind it,
Prof. Andy Lane, Director OpenLearn, Open University, UK

10:45 - 11:30 Marketing strategies In a free content world, Mr. Ron Gregory, USA
11:30 - 12:00 Coffee break
12:00 - 12:45 What about Copyrights?,
Mr. Javier Díaz de Olarte. Jefe del Gabinette Jurídico de CEDRO, Spain
12:45 - 13:30 Service is the secret, Ron Gregory, USA
13:30 - 15:00 Lunch

 

Quality management in a chaotic diploma world

15:00 - 15:45 Quality Insurance: the German standard for Distance Learning.
Michael Venneman (ZFU), Jens Greefe (ILS), Dr. Okke Schlüter (SGD), Heinrich Dieckmann (DWG), Germany
15:45 - 16:10 Spanish Accreditation experiences in vocational training.
Mrs. José Garijo, Subdirectora General de Formación Profesional del SPEE. Spain
16:10 - 16:30

Masters in Post-graduate courses. Application of the Bologna descriptors, Mr. Fernando Pérez, Spain

17:00 - 18:00 EADL AGM
ANCED AGM
20:00 Social Evening

Friday May 23 rd

New Media: bad and successful use

10:00 - 10:30 What Works!, Dr. Okke Schlüter, Germany
10:30 - 11:30

Moderator: Mr. Manuel Pereira. Vice-President ANCED.
Example from Norway, Svein Qvist Eriksen, NKI, Norway
Example from Germany, Podcasting, Herald Stürmer, SGD, Germany
Example from the Netherlands, Mobile learning, Dirk van der Mark, Dirksen, The Netherlands
Example from UK, Mr. Tony Hopwood

11:30 - 12:00 Coffee break
12:00 - 13:00 Internet advertising, examples, Mr. Juan Fernando Robles. Director Center ISTPB
13:00 - 13:15 Closing Ceremony
13:15 Farewell Lunch

 

The registration fees are as follows:

  • Member of EADL or ANCED € 825,-
    • Additional participant € 650 ,-
  • Member of National Associations with membership of EADL € 875 ,-
    • Additional participant € 650 ,-
  • Non EADL member € 900 ,-
    • Additional participant € 650 ,-
  • Spouse/Partner € 75 ,-

There will be a discount of € 100 to all participants who register before March 31 st

The Conference registration form and the hotel reservation form will be available soon.
The ANCED contact person is Mr. Carl Leach. He is available on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 10:00 – 13:00, telephone + 91 5553170, E-mail: formacion@anced.es

 

In 2009 the Conference will be in Norway.

 

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