Weller
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Date: July 24, 2008
Time: 11:00 am (CST). See translations to other time zones
Location: Online at:
https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?password=M.FF8400602B773069D13BC33E95D60F
Title:
SocialLearn: learning about new ways of learning
Overview:
The advent of new technologies can be seen as the medium through which new social processes are being brought to bear. These include democratisation, the removal of filters and the liberation of content. All of these have profound implications for education, which like many other industries will need to find new ways of operating in a connected, digital world. The Open University has initiated a project, SocialLearn to develop an open API, social network for learning. This can be seen as an institutional attempt to understand and engage with the changes that are happening for learners. I will outline the project, and some of the broader issues facing higher education.
Dr. Weller’s Bio:
Martin Weller is Professor of Educational Technology at the Open University in the UK. He chaired the OU's first major online course with 15,000 students, was the VLE project director and has authored two elearning text books. His interests are in the application of new technologies, their implications for higher education, learning design and open content. He blogs at edtechie.net
