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Early bird registration has been extended until 24 September.
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The Mozilla Foundation’s Drumbeat Festival 2010: Learning, Freedom and the Web - which will focus on the how the open nature of the Internet is revolutionizing how we learn - is planned the week of Open Ed. Those attending Open Ed 2010 can also register for the Drumbeat Festival for an extra 50 Euros by sending an email to opened@uoc.edu.
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It has been announced that the Pope will visit Barcelona on dates coinciding with the conference. It is therefore advisable to arrange accommodation as soon as possible.
Open Ed 2010, described as “the annual reunion of the open education family” will focus this year on the theme OER: Impact and Sustainability.
Keynote speakers:
Gajaraj Dhanarajan, former Vice Chancellor of Wawasan Open University, Malaysia
Brenda Gourley, former Vice Chancellor of The Open University, UK
Erik Duval, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
Raquel Xalabarder, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain.
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Open Ed 2010 is jointly organized by ICDE members The Open University of Catalunya and The Open University of the Netherlands, together with The David O. McKay School of Education at Brigham Young University.
6 September 2010
On the other hand, the Mozilla Foundation’s Drumbeat Festival 2010: Learning, Freedom and the Web is also happening in Barcelona during the week of Open Ed. So, those who're attending Open Ed can also register for the Drumbeat Festival for an extra 50 euro. People interested in participating in both events must send an email to opened@uoc.edu.
And finally, a warning: also at the same days (early November), the Pope is coming to Barcelona, and the travel agency has told us that the hotel booking in the city will become harder in the coming days. So, for those interested in coming to the conference it's important to book as soon as possible.
