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In Helsinki: September 22. 2008


Welcome to a wiki dedicated to the exchange of experience and ideas on the use of distance education methods in adult education
This Wiki is the result of a few conferences and symposia on our chosen theme.

Here you will find materials from these conferences, Slides, video recordings, collections of matereial which we hope will be of interest and use for people in the business of learning who want to enhance the learning experience with the support of new technologies.

Please participate in making this WIKI an interesting and informative web on the use of technology to support workplace learning.
DISTANS is a network organized by NVL, the Nordic Network for Adult Education. It's aim is to support the exchange of experience and ideas on the use of distance education methods in adult education, or web support for adult learning. The network is a part of NVL, (Nordisk Nettverk for Voksnes Læring) supported by the Nordic Council of Ministers. See: http://www.nordvux.net
On the page on Distans you can read more about our background




Exchange, develop, make contacts, discuss...
These are words we hear when we talk to people who go to conferences and symposia.
"Why can't we introduces us before the conference, exchange views about what we want to learn, how we want to learn e.t.c. Well.... This wiki was created exactly for this purpose; so that people who are interested in exchanging ideas, thoughts, best practices on the use of IT in adult- and continuing education.
Please feel free to sign in, introduce youself and participate in this wiki.

Have you checked out our databank on Web 2.0 tools?



How to use this wiki:
Click here to take a quick tour on how to use this site.

Overview of Distans conferences and symposia

22. September 2008
Symposion in Helsinki, Finland: LOOKING TO THE FUTURE (preliminary program and registration)

22. Mai 2008
Symposion in Copenhagen on the ORGANISATION OF LEARNING

4. March 2008
A Symposion at Fornebu in Oslo: HOW TO USE WEB 2.0 TOOLS IND DISTANCE AND BLENDED TEACHING Organized by Norsk forbund for fjernundervisning og fleksibel utdanning (NFF) www.nade-nff.no

26. November 2007
The Symposion: ELEMENTS OF ONLINE PEDAGOGY took place in Härnosund, Sweden. Organized by CFL (Center for Flexible learning)

23 - 24. May 2007
The conference LEARNING IN THE WORKPLACE took place in Copenhagen the 23. – 24. May 2007. Arranged by the Danish Association for Flexible Learning (FLUID), The Norwegian Association for Distance and Flexible Education (NADE), The Swedish Association for Flexible Education (SVERD), STUS, Nordisk Netværk for Voksnes Læring (NVL), The Swedish Agency for Flexible Learning (CFL), the Nordflex project and the Danish Ministry of Science, Technology and Development.
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NEXT Symposia

22. September 2008
We will hold a Symposion in Helsinki on the future of learning...

Next one probably in Iceland in December....
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