Organised in collaboration with Universidade Aberta,  University of Porto. With the support of the  European Commission DG Education and Culture

Conference Scope
The Conference will offer the opportunity to European schools and teachers to present and reflect upon their innovative experiences, to enhance cross-country good practice on introducing and managing innovation in the school systems.

Key Questions - Conference Themes
In the age of the Social Web (Web 2.0/3.0), virtual learning environments empower teachers and learners to open their classrooms and be part of emerging folksonomies - the social construction of learning. Teachers and learners alike are now using ICT very differently from one another and ever more creatively.

The Porto Open Classroom Conference will explore

• how schools cope with the potential of collaborative knowledge building;
• what is the essence of learner control (empowerment of the learner) for different age groups, disciplines and learning environments;
• how do new learning solutions (open content, open source software, social networking) are introducing innovative experiences and facilitate learning as a creative process;
• what key competences are needed to be an active lifelong learner in the 21st century multicultural society;
• what is the emerging role of the school-teacher in the European School 2.0.

Openness and flexibility will characterise both the content and format of the Porto Open Classroom Conference: inspiring keynote presentations will be followed by moderated discussions, exhibition and presentation of innovative tools and methods will be intertwined with hands-on exploration of their potentials by participants.

Call for Contributions
Focusing on School Networking and Innovation: areas for papers and contributions

Submissions should target one of these activities and include

• presentation of the ICT policy in and practice of the educational institution in 2000 words for the School Networking and Innovation Workshops
• introduction to innovative ICT-based teaching and learning practices in an educational institution in 5000 words to qualify for the European Award for Innovation in the School System
• description of an innovative ICT solution to be presented in the form of Exhibitions or Demonstration Sessions in 2000 words.

Schedule and Deadlines
Deadline for submissions: 28 August
Notification of authors: 7 September

In case, you would find difficulties in meeting the submission deadline, extension may be granted upon request by e-mail to the EDEN Secretariat.

Contributions should be sent by e-mail to porto@eden-online.org

Conference Venue Porto - Alfândega do Porto Congress Center
The Conference will be hosted at the Alfândega do Porto Congress Center, in downtown Porto, by the Douro River. This historical building was the former customs house which after recovering by Portuguese contemporary architects is now an outstanding facility including a modern conference center and a transport and communications museum.