Tag: keynote

  • ALT-C 2009 Day Two Roundup

    Pedagogic Innovation I didn’t really see much pedagogic innovation (boy, that phrase is difficult to type on an eeepc 1000 keyboard on a rocking train), but there were a few nice things. QR codes. I can’t see our lecturers using them in lectures to relay information to students, but the idea of a library book/journal/etc…

  • ALT-C 2009 Day Two Keynote

    Keynote speech1 keynote speaker(s)703 Martin BeanMartin Bean – Vice-Chancellor Designate of the Open University Scepticism about innovative technology is not new. many funny quotes on how paper, ink, and pens are relied on too much and won’t supercede the then present ‘tech’ Thomas Friedman ‘The Changing Landscape’ globalisation is a reality competition is global we…

  • ALT-C 2009 Day One Roundup

    Well, I am exhausted! It has been a busy day. I don’t feel like I’ve done anything, and yet it feels like I haven’t stopped. Mike Wesch’s keynote this morning was very interesting. I’ve seen his youtube videos before and the content of his talk seemed very familiar. I don’t think I’ve attended one of…

  • ALT-C 2009 Welcome and Opening Keynote

    Conference welcome and opening keynote2 keynote speaker(s)701 Introduction and welcome from the 2009 co-chairs and from the University of ManchesterTom Boyle, Gilly Salmon702 Michael Wesch – Mediated Culture/Mediated EducationMichael Wesch – Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Kansas State University, USANice photos of Papua New Guinea, very ‘low tech’. MW spent several months there on…