EADTU organises a two-day Staff Training Event on support services in Open and Distance Teaching Universities. The event will take place at FernUniversität in Hagen. It is a unique opportunity for support staff to meet, share expertise, and learn from their peers about different ways to organise support structures for open, online and distance education.

Theme and target group

This EADTU Staff Event revolves around implementing and supporting (new) educational concepts, methodologies, frameworks, and tools within the domains of student services and IT across our universities.

The Event is open to staff of all EADTU member universities. We welcome support staff from across university disciplines, including marketing and communication, enrollment, student administration, alumni officers, IT development and support, e-learning support, (digital) online assessments and student services.

Topics

The gathering will include the topics internationalisation; retention and student services; AI use for staff and communication. All of this alongside an exclusive tour of FernUni's film studios!

Programme

Suggested arrival is on Wednesday evening 15 May. The programme, starting on Thursday 16 May at 09:30 and ending on Friday 17 May at 15:00 CEST, will based on the topics mentioned above as well as topics of interest indicated by the participants.

The programme is available here.

Location details

The event will take place at the FernUniversität in Hagen (Universitätsstraße 11, 58097 Hagen, Germany).

The programme (above) has a detailed map of the buildings and parking spaces available.

Hotel recommendations

Please check our list of recommended accommodations for your stay.

Traveling to FernUniversität in Hagen

Flights
The closest major airport to Hagen is Dortmund Airport (DTM). If Dortmund Airport does not have convenient flights, you can also consider nearby airports such as Düsseldorf Airport (DUS) or Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN). From these airports, you can take trains to the city of Hagen.

Funding

We advise to use Erasmus+ funding for the Staff Event. EADTU recently organized an informative session for EADTU members on Erasmus+ Staff Mobility funding on this.

Disclaimer

Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.

EADTU Staff Training Event | Support Services in Open & Distance Education