IOL 2008 Speakers
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IOL 2008 Speakers
- Thursday, May 22, 2008 at 9 a.m.
Richard Baraniuk, Founder
Connexions
Rice University
Open Access Education - Building Communities and Sharing Knowledge
A grassroots movement is sweeping through the academic world. The "open access movement" is based on a set of intuitions that are shared by a remarkably wide range of academics: that knowledge should be free and open to use and re-use; that collaboration should be easier, not harder; that people should receive credit and kudos for contributing to education and research; and that concepts and ideas are linked in unusual and surprising ways and not the simple linear forms that traditional media present. In this talk, I will overview the past, present, and future of the open access education movement in the context of Connexions (cnx.org), which invites authors, educators, and learners worldwide to "create, rip, mix, and burn" textbooks, courses, and learning materials from a global open-access repository. - Friday, May 23, 2008 at noon
Gary Chapman, Director
The 21st Century Project
LBJ School of Public Affairs
UT Austin
From Bureaucracy to the Network: How New Online Tools Are Changing Organizations
Modern societies are undergoing a historic transformation in institutions, from the paradigm of bureaucracy to the new paradigm of the network. This is made possible by collaboration tools now appearing on the Internet, which allows organizations to take on new forms and new capabilities. This keynote address will discuss this transformation and what it means for educators, administrators, and learners.
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