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I am working with a fantastic group of people on a session at the upcoming Open Education Conference (Oct. 11-13, Anaheim, California), and we are looking for people who want to join us virtually.
Our session info:
Friday, Oct. 13, 3:30-4:25 pm Pacific time (California)
How can we destroy the open education movement? Conversations about ethics.
Openness is a process that requires and benefits from critical reflection. We believe that facilitating and stimulating critical discussion/debate about the contours and direction of the open education movement (OEM) is essential to its flourishing. In this spirit, the proposed session is intended as a space for participants to unearth and critically explore timely, perhaps uncomfortable questions that may not be at the surface of what we are doing as individuals or as collaborators within the OEM. The facilitators in this session do not have answers. Rather, we host an unconventional, interactive format designed to expose difficult topics and support innovative interventions. The session format supports both in-person and virtual (online) attendees working together on outlining and discussing pressing ethical questions in the OEM. This session allows participants to engage in a critical conversation that is liberating, paradigm challenging, constructive, and inspiring.
Session organizers/facilitators (the following list is those who have been active in planning during the last few meetings):
- Karen Cangialosi
- Robin DeRosa
- Gill Green
- Christina Hendricks
- Rajiv Jhangiani
- Jamison Miller
- Tara Robertson
- Scott Robison
Tara and I will not be onsite, but rather joining virtually.
We are looking for others who would like to join virtually as well
I volunteer with Virtually Connecting, but this isn’t quite the same thing: those conversations are usually live streamed on YouTube and also recorded; this one won’t be either live streamed or recorded. It’s just a matter of getting more voices in the room who couldn’t attend the conference in person.
There will be a bit of introduction to the session, but most of the time will be spent in small groups doing discussions, and we envision the virtual participants (including Tara and I) being one of the small groups. We will also have a discussion with the whole room, including the virtual participants, towards the end of the session.
Might you be interested in joining us? If so, please fill out this form to let me know and I’ll get in touch with you with details! We may have to limit the group to a certain number of people, so first come, first in! :)
Any questions? You could ask me on Twitter: @clhendricksbc
Thanks for your session, I have posted on our openedsig community blog my reflections on participation. https://altc.alt.ac.uk/oesig/2017/10/15/thinking-the-unthinkable/
Thanks so much for linking to your reflections! I am going to write a reflection soon too. I’m glad you found the session useful and that the virtual participation worked okay (though there were some kinks we should work out if we do this sort of thing again!).