Jared Stein – Education, Technology, Culture, and the Internet

Last week I posted my Thursday plans for WCET 2010 this Nov 11 – 13 in La Jolla, CA, and am following up with my path through the scheduled events for (more…)

I’ll be attending the WCET 2010 this Nov 11 – 13 in La Jolla, CA. I’ve been to WCET several times in the past decade, and sense that this year’s conference is moving in new and interesting directions for the better. For instance, there are a number of less formal, networked events during the conference, including the pecha kucha session (let’s just hope the presenters bring the funny) and the Tweet-up dinners (more…)

Many of you know I’m one of the people behind the Teaching with Technology Idea Exchange, commonly known as TTIX.

Registration for TTIX 2010 has just opened, so visit the site now and sign up for free. The conference runs June 10 & 11 in Salt Lake City, Utah, which is a great little city in a beautiful environment.

Hope to see you there!

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 (more…)

Boone Gorges asked a great question about openness that has been itching at my mind ever since I drove out of Vancouver from Open Ed 2009: Is there a tension between individual vs communal voice (i.e. creation)? (more…)

The following is my comments and analysis on the first hour of dialogue between David Wiley and Stephen Downes re. openness and licensing. I want to precede this by recognizing that my point of view is both critical and challenging, though I do so with no desire to be divisive. Details on the conversation and a link(s) to recordings and live stream are available on the Open Ed 2009 wiki (more…)

I attended the 3-day eLearning DevCon 2009 in Salt Lake City this past week, and have compiled some brief notes based on the experience. I summarize the conference as having an enticing depth and knowledge of topics, good “presence” and information from most of the presenters, primarily for corporate e-learning developers (which was a refreshing change), not at all a bargain, and awkwardly spread out across Fort Douglas, though I must admit it was a joy to walk outside in late spring weather (more…)

I’ve had a few people ask me to post the limerick that introduce Chris’s closing keynote at TTIX 2009. Here you go!

Deconstructing entrenchments of the fallen aesthete

The future will give us robots
endlessly yielding Great Thoughts
   exceeding Bill Gates
   or the "famous" Socrates
Yes, their brains will be based on Chris Lott's.

If you didn’t see Chris’s talk live, be sure to check out the archive on Ustream.

Anyone who knows me knows about the Teaching with Technology Idea Exchange, aka TTIX, a small, free conference dedicated to the open exchange of ideas and best practices in distance learning and technology-enhanced education. If I’m not soliciting proposals, I’m soliciting keynotes, or I’m soliciting sponsors, or I’m soliciting participants–and really, the participants are the most important ingredient for a successful idea exchange! (more…)

Ignite Salt Lake 2, “a community event celebrating the passion and creativity of geek culture” that sounds quite a bit like pecha kucha, is happening March 26th, 2009 at Brewvies Cinema Pub in Salt Lake City, Utah (677 South 200 West).

I didn’t go to Ignite 1, but a 2-hour series of 5-minute presentations (20 slides or less) sounds like the best-ever format for a geek get-together.

Question: will Brewvies’ grill be open for business?