Tweets from the Global OpenCourseWare Consortium Conference

posted on May 8, 2010 by in Congressen en Symposia, OpenCourseWare, Twitter

Last week the yearly global conference of the OpenCourseWare Consortium happend in Hanoi Vietnam. There were more than 200 participants from all over the world. I must say that it was a great conference. I really enjoyed the sessions i attended and the good talks I had with other participants.

During the conference I als wrote some tweets. For the record, below you see a complete list of my tweets of the conference.

Anka and me arrived in Hanoi for the OpenCourseWare Conference #ocw
Do I need to say more: http://tweetphoto.com/20938303
HaLong Bay was trouwens fantastisch vandaag. 2 foto's ter illustratie: http://tweetphoto.com/20939853 http://tweetphoto.com/20939878
Inmiddels al heel wat congresgangers gezien. De bekende gezichten zijn er natuurlijk #ocw>
Because of Anka's early flight back home, I have to attend the #OCWC Board meeting on Thursday night
RT @ocwsearch: Check out the new OCW Search page on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/OCW-Search/113463228691107
RT @ocwnews: Open Ed 2010 — The Seventh Annual Open Education Conference "The Call for Papers is open through May 15" http://bit.ly/a0FaFA>
The #OCWC Conference has officially started.
#OCWC10 Vietnam OCW started in 2005 with help of MIT, Ric University and Vietnam company
There are 175 participants at the #OCWC10 conference
RT @ocwnews: #ocwcnews Tweet the OCWC Global Conference at #ocw2010
I'm ready for the presentation of Rober Schuwer #ocw2010
@fagottissimo will talk About WikiWijs: a nation-wide initiative on OER #ocw2010
#ocw2010 there were a lot of individual teachers working on OER in NL. WikiWijs tries to facilitate them
#ocw2010 wikiwijs is a repository and a referatory. not all content is open and free
#ocw2010 Challenge is to give the teachers the feeling that the platform is theirs
#ocw2010 wikiwijs is a not a wiki. A wiki is mostly text and that was not what they wanted
#ocw2010 WikiWijs uses open standards and open-source repository Fedora. for development they use Connexions
I just became a member of the Twub for #ocw2010 at http://twubs.com/ocw2010
#ocw2010 wikiwijs on quality: beyond 'wisdom of the crowds': peer review, quality mark and competent participants
#ocw2010 Why should a teacher participate: reputation, proof of proficiency, support of current practice, teachers ask for digital material
#ocw2010 wikiwijs has more that 50k visitors p/m. # of uploads is still very low
#ocw2010 now presentation of John Hopkins about the synergy between OCW and distance learning programme
#ocw2010 JH got some very nice results from their survey about the use of their OCW-content
#ocw2010 JH OCW is used a lot for distance/online education
RT @sharingnicely: MIT OCW: Interest in reducing cost by using existing services. Big savings by hosting video @ youtube #ocw2010
Follow the Global OpenCourseWare Consortium Conference online: http://bit.ly/bPmjF5 #in #ocw2010>
#ocw2010 Gary Matkin predicts that within 5 year all mayor universities have some form of OCW/OER
I can't deny it: RT @fagottissimo: @wfvanvalkenburg and Brandon Muramatsu are the lucky ones showing off with an IPad #ocw2010>
#ocw2010 it's difficult to get out ot the "Iron Triangle": balance between access, quality and cost
#ocw2010 the presentation of Gary Matkin is already online on Slideshare: http://bit.ly/cYQsVl
Zoals vaak op conferentie bevriezen we binnen bijna terwijl het buiten boven de 30 graden is. Zelf met pak aan is het koud
I'm very happy with my iPad, but I'm less happy with the internet connection we have at the conference #ocw2010
RT @fagottissimo: Uploaded: presentation OCWC2010: Wikiwijs, a nation wide initiative http://slidesha.re/9rgl0C #ocw2010
#ocw2010 Andy Lane will now present about OpenLearn: Past, present and future
#ocw2010 OpenUK is a fully distance learning institution. They already had a lot of multimedia material before they started with OpenLearn
#ocw2010 OpenLearn has multiple sites and also publish to YouTube, iTunesU, Facebook & SCORE
#ocw2010 OpenLearn has an impact on recruitment, preparation and progression.
#OCW2010 @bmuramatsu is now presenting project Greenfield. It's conducted by the MIT Office for Education Innovation and Technology
@bmuramatsu: We're at MIT, but not MIT OCW
#OCW2010 What might be possible with MIT OCW? download course, rss feed of new courses, ask a question
#OCW2010 Videolectures.net and Academic Earth supports discussion/feedback for video
#OCW2010 What do you wish were possible with MIT OCW?
#OCW2010 wishes for MIT OCW: rank, comments on content, translate content, localisation, tag content, notifications, get credits
#OCW2010 OEIT developed a custom copy of MIT OCW: http://bit.ly/cHnHGN with enhancements
#OCW2010 1 mini-project: Customizable Playlist for Video. They did an example with Walter Lewin's Physics Video
#OCW2010 They experimented with a new video player: SpokemMedia Player
RT @ocwnews: Conference agenda and list of abstracts updated on the conference website. http://conference.ocwconsortium.org #ocw2010
#OCW2010 2 mini-project: Integrated Recommender. It suggests other courses based on the content of the course
#OCW2010 Plagiarism is Good™ Revisited: http://bit.ly/bNXF3b
#OCW2010 It was a great workshop of @bmuramatsu >> interesting to see what we can do with it at http://ocw.tudelft.nl
#ocw2010 Session are done for today. Now it's time for the reception and diner
RT @bmuramatsu: Just uploaded 'Project Greenfield: A New Way of thinking about OCW' to SlideShare. http://slidesha.re/db7gvC #ocw2010
In a couple of minutes the programme of the second day of the #OCW2010 conference will start.
#ocw2010 "Knowledge is meant to be shared"
#ocw2010 OCWC has 6 staff members, spread out over the world
#ocw2010 the #OCW newsletter is translated in 8 different languages
#ocw2010 The monthly webinars are available on the OCW youtube channel: http://bit.ly/b0fNJa
#ocw2010 Next year we are celebrating 10 year of OpenCourseWare in Boston, 4-6 May 2011
#ocw2010 This year's theme is "Community & Impact"
RT @wfvanvalkenburg: #ocw2010 The new OCW-website looks really great. When will it launch? >> It will launch June 1st
#ocw2010 Now keynote of Hall Plotkin. He's working for the US Department of Education
#ocw2010 If you want to have your OCW-content used in the US, it has to apply to their accessibility rules
#ocw2010 Now presentation of Connexions (cnx.org): Create Globally, Educate Locally
#ocw2010 2+2=3 in a collaborative world according to Joel Thierstein
#ocw2010 We should all use CC-0 for our OpenCourseWare content: http://bit.ly/QLxLK
#ocw2010 Enterprise Rhaptos is the software that powers Connexions: http://bit.ly/drYSwP
RT @bmuramatsu: Archived tweets from #ocw2010 http://www.twapperkeeper.com/hashtag/ocw2010>
#ocw2010 The board meeting will start in a couple of minutes. I have to sit in, because Anka will leave early
#ocw2010 Steve Carson is now officially re-elected as President of the OpenCourseWare Consortium Board of Directors
#ocw2010 Last day of the conference. Unfortunately I will only attend the keynote. I'm flying out today
#ocw2010 3 things members of the consortium should contribute: content, rss and dues
RT @bmuramatsu: Just uploaded 'Opening Up IIHS Video with SpokenMedia' to SlideShare. http://slidesha.re/avngHY #ocw2010
#ocw2010 OER is part of a wider "open agenda", works across educational sectors and is a global movement
#ocw2010 Report of research on open education Malcolm referenced: http://bit.ly/3bR7hW (pdf)
#ocw2010 open source software, open standards, open access, open data, open education resources, open science and open innovation
RT @jennymgray Moodle for OpenLearn http://slidesha.re/9Dlsdp presentation slides on slideshare thanks for the suggestion @tom4cam. #ocw2010

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