April 30th, 2008The OU+Web 2.0: A Near Futures Workshop (18-19 June 2008)
Workshop for OU Students, Associate Lecturers and Alumni interested in Web 2.0
As part of the OU’s SocialLearn project, you are invited to attend a workshop to contribute your views on what the OU could/should look and feel like in a Web 2.0 world.
We are bringing together web-savvy OU Students, Alumni and Associate Lecturers to discuss the potential and the pitfalls of learning, mentoring, and doing business on the Open, Social, Free and For-Fee Web.
- What are the characteristics of web-native learners, and what tools do they want/need?
- What new learning/business opportunities – and risks – are opened up by social networking and media sharing tools?
- What do you think of the prototype tools that we will preview?
- Do we need to reframe our ideas of learning?
- What is the OU, once many of its current services are disaggregated to specialist providers on the Web?
If interested, please email SociaLearn with a brief statement of your background, and what you would hope to add to these discussions.
On confirmation of your place, you will receive a briefing pack and travel directions. All accommodation, food and reasonable travel costs are covered. The day will run from noon on 18 June – noon 19 June in or near Milton Keynes.
You are very welcome to contact the workshop coordinator if you have any enquiries:
Simon Buckingham Shum
June 20th, 2008 at 3:33 pm
So, if we need to reframe our ideas of learning? How about reframing our ideas of teaching? The challenge has always been to adapt teaching to learning styles and I see nothing of this happening here with this Web 2.0 discussions.
Late and slow is the pace of Academia.