To be held in Barcelona from July 15 – 17, 2008: The Free Knowledge & Free Technology (FKFT) Conference, organised by the Open University of Catalonia and the SELF Consortium, is the first international event focused on the production and sharing of free educational and lifelong learning materials on free software and open standards. The [...]

Ismael Peña-López has created a mind map of an “Open Paradigm” that explores the properties of open sccess, open science, open educational resources, open source software, etc. As always, he invites comments, suggestions, etc.! Comments

Caption: Working late into this evening, the instructional team in Minnesota, Mexico, Ecuador and Chile (that’s a span of nearly 9,000 km among the conferencing sites!) tests various video and audio conferencing connections. Comments

Dr. Jayson W. Richardson is a recent graduate of the University of Minnesota with a focus on comparative and international development education. His research interests include information and communication technology for development and technology leadership in less developed nations. He conducted his dissertation research on an ICT in education project while working at UNESCO in [...]

The University of Manitoba is hosting a free, virtual Future of Education Online Conference that will end June 8.  Live presentations will be archived, and discussion is encouraged via the “U of M” Learning Technologies Centre Moodle site: http://ltc.umanitoba.ca/moodle/course/view.php?id=12 From the organizers’ description of the conference: Tumultuous change is creating new opportunities for schools, colleges, universities, and corporations [...]