I traveled to Denver this week for WCET 2009, and though I was sunk with a cold on the second day, so far I’ve enjoyed participating in the conference, and, as always, have found the Twitter backchannel (#wcet09) a great way to connect with more ideas, and more people.
On Thursday I shared an hour with Terri Rowenhorst of NROC introducing folks at WCET 2009 to open education and some of the ideas and directions orbiting around it. Mine was just a half-hour pres, and didn’t get into some of the meatier bits that interest me; nonetheless the slides and video may be of interest:
- “Openness as a Catalyst for Education” slides on SlideShare
- “Openness as a Catalyst for Education” video on ustream
You may have already heard some of the Twitter buzz about Chris Lott‘s presentation, “Closing the Gutenberg Parenthesis”, so here are links to his slides, video, and wiki:
- “Closing the Gutenberg Parenthesis” video on ustream
- “Closing the Gutenberg Parenthesis” slides on SlideShare
- “Closing the Gutenberg Parenthesis” wiki with matrix
Chris let me moderate this session, and it was exciting to monitor the backchannels on Twitter and ustream for questions, ideas, or challenges that I could interrupt him with. As always, Chris did a fabulous job presenting a continual stream of rich ideas on technology and learning. I must admit I may have underestimated both Chris and the WCET audience prior to the session; both seemed quite comfortable with complex and provocative notions embedded in our connected culture and interplaying with Ong’s concept of a “secondary orality”.
