In his unique style, Derek Keats asks for a grade on his Education 3.0 presentation. Of course this is a bit tongue in cheek, and what he is really after is the very important and difficult issue of how we assess and evalate remix practices in the context of formal education. In the “informal” web […]
Pecha Kucha is a high-energy presentation format pioneered by a group of architects and designers in Tokyo. The idea is to show 20 slides, for 20 seconds each – and then get off the stage. Pecha Kucha Nights have spread around the world and yesterday, the second Pecha Kucha Cape Town took place at The […]
Previously classified images from the iSummit 2008 show David Wiley signing the Cape Town Open Education Declaration through a ground-breaking interpretive dance display. The sequence starts with Dr Wiley dressed in a Utah Open High School T-Shirt, which he gradually combines with the “I signed the Cape Town Declaration” shirt that was released during the […]
Today I received an email from the wonderful Delia Browne, who is chasing all open education track participants at the iSummit 08 (in Sapporo) for feedback on the event. Thorough review and feedback of workshops is something that doesn’t happen often enough — everyone is too busy to get on with the next one — […]
The Open Everything Intro slidecast (slides + audio) made slideshow-of-the-day at slideshare.net. This will work only today, but you can always get to the original slidecast here.
Thanks to everyone who was there, the open everything event on Friday was a blast. A special round of applause to the lovely Birds ladies for keeping us all well refreshed and fed, and a big thank you to Helen King and the Shuttleworth Foundation for sponsoring those who could not afford to pay and […]
Walking towards the conference venue on this last day of the open education track at the iSummit 08 I found myself humming along to the melody of Mark Morrison’s “Return of the Mack” – how fitting I thought – since this was truly the Return of the Track (the Open Education Track). Last year Gunner […]
“I haven’t met an open education person, I didn’t really really like. Go people!” – David Wiley, at iSummit 08 —
I am very excited about the upcoming Open Everything conversation on August 22 (14h – 19h) at Birds Boutique Cafe in Cape Town – please come and join the fun if you are in this corner of the world! We are still finalising our wish-list of participating projects, topics, and people, but here is a […]
I am participating in a research study organised by Tom Franklin (not this Tom Franklin) on the use of Web 2.0 technologies in teaching, learning, support and administration. Tom has designed the overall methodology and is writing the section about the UK, I am writing about South Africa, and others are focusing on Australia, the […]
