Technology to Replace Teachers?

  I joined my excellent co-authors in presenting a paper about “A Web 2.0 Global Community Learning Platform” the final plenary session of the ID+SCORM conference this last week. But that is not what I want to talk about. During one of the sessions, I...

Reflections on Forrest Camp II

I was just reading Ilkka’s blog about his Forrest Camp experience and it made me think about it again in a different way. There was some structure, but there was also a lot of open time. What I loved is that people took advantage of the open time in ways that I...

Community, Technology, and Cross-cultural Understanding

I am currently in Finland with a “Forest Camp” arranged by the IMPDET program at the University of Joensuu. I am working with several other researchers and students from Europe, Middle East, South America, Africa and Asia on some potential cross-cultural...

For those who are interested…

For anyone interested in the use of educational technology in rural and developing areas or simply wants more ideas for how to integrate mobility and situated learning to enhance traditional school paradigms, The International Multidisciplinary PhD Studies in...

AEA – Portland Oregon

I am in Portland right now – presenting at the American Evaluation Association conference. It is interesting because there is a distinct and growing interest here in how cultural issues impact the field of evaluation. The growing interest hasn’t...

An interesting conference

  Here is an interesting conference my friend in South Africa forwarded to me. I would like to go, but can not make it this year. If anyone knows of anyone going, please let me know. The First International Workshop on Intercultural Collaboration (IWIC 2007), January...