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Education Practice Group monthly Skypecast

Here are notes that Bronwyn put together after the first of a monthly series of Skypecasts sponsored by the Education Practice Group: Our first gathering was small but a strong in the exchange of ideas and experiences. In the circle were John (USA), Etienne (USA), Sus (Den), Tony (Sth A), Heidi (USA), Shirley (UK) and Bron (Aus) and Heron (USA) with apologies from Jacquie (Aus) and Nick (HK). We met in the Skypecast and in a group Skype chat and the 90 miutes had flown before we even knew it. So this new way of being together is off and running!!! We discussed a number of community issues surrounding CoPs and accreditation and recognition:

• What's in it for me and what's in it for us?
• Carrots for luring and motivating people?
• What does CoP engagement looks like in a portfolio?
• Why would people need to prove their engagement?
• Recognition for individuals in and beyond the community?
• Recognition and profile of the community?
• Is it about the community giving recognition to members or supporting them to recognise it out for themselves or both?

Want to know more? Then you will have to listen to the dialog (link below) but here are some great links that were posted while we spoke...

Shirley offered this paper on eportfolios (part of her great expertise) http://www.learningcitizen.net/articles/ePortfoliosRevolutio.shtml

Heidi suggested we take a look at OpenACS? As a more dynamic and open source tool that comes out of an MIT group. http://openacs.org/ irc://irc.freenode.net/#openacs

Tony reminded us about all the great work being done at Sakai http://www.sakaiproject.org

Heron shared this link is to a 3-hour interview with Ray Kurzweil. Who in his opinion is one of the great thinkers/futurists/inventers/etc. alive today... focussing on the impact of technology on human civilization over the next 30-40 years. http://www.booktv.org/feature/index.asp?segid=7515&schedID=457

Here's the link to the audio recording of the conversation in an MP3: We hope to get this thing happening in podcast to a wider network as well. Now it's up to you...

What shall we talk about in our next meeting on January 3rd - first Wed of the year (well in the USA). You don't have to be a member of CPsquare to participate. Just show up!

Posted by smithjd at December 13, 2006 12:56 AM | TrackBack