Hello David Vogt, David Porter, and Fellow Course Mates:
I think this is it! I think this our official last day! It has been an informative and educational journey.
Indeed, you and this course have provided me with a wealth of knowledge for which I am grateful.
Indeed, I wish the best for everyone. Perhaps I will ‘see’ some of you in January 2010 when our next courses ‘kick off’.
In closing, this course has been a great learning experience for me.
Cheers,
Barrie
Hello Everyone:
To view my venture presentation in PowerPoint format, please click on the link:
http://web.me.com/mycourses/Site_2/ETEC_522_Venture_Pitch.html
If there are any uploading issues, please let me know. Thank-you!
Cheers,
Barrie
A Scripted Pitch on E-ducativa:
Me: “Hello.”
You: “Hi.”
Me: “Have you heard about E-ducativa?”
You: “No. I haven’t. What is it?”
Me: “Well, let me amaze you! E-ducativa is a provider of learning platforms and open source systems for the Spanish and the South American school market.”
You: “So? What does that have to do with, at least, the Canadian or the North American markets, let alone the global market?”
Me: “Ah, excellent question! In fact, I was hoping that you would ask. However, for me to REALLY pique your interest, you will have to view my PowerPoint presentation on E-ducativa.”
You: “Oh, I get it! This is an investment pitch! Sort of like ‘bait-n-hook’”.
Me: “Yes, this is an investment pitch. But, no! This is not ‘bait-n-hook’. This is bait and invest!”
You: “Well, I’m all about investing and making money. So, yes, I will check out your PowerPoint presentation.”
Me: “Good! After all, as investors, we are all looking to make a return on investment!”
Hello Everyone:
If interested, here is a link to information regarding “new learning technologies and emergent practices in higher education”: http://www.educause.edu/Resources/NewLearningTechnologiesandEmer/156833
Cheers,
Barrie
Hello Everyone:
Similar to the University of Phoenix, there is also CityU: (a) CityUniversity of Seattle at http://www.cityu.edu/ and (b) CityUniversity of Hong Kong at http://www.cityu.edu.hk/
Cheers,
Barrie
Blog Question: Would you support implementing FOSS/OSS in your work environment? In your post outline your environment and give some reasons why or why not based on what you have read and viewed in this presentation.
Hello Everyone:
After having read Module 6 and completed the ‘Open Source Technologies’ presentation, I would support implementing FOSS/OSS in my work environment.
I am a middle school teacher in the public education system. Here, I would want my colleagues, the school, and the students to use FOSS/OSS as an effective way of engaging in the teaching-learning process.
Also, because FOSS/OSS is gaining in use and in popularity, all three parties would be armed with knowledge, experience, and skill with FOSS/OSS, which would complement their knowledge, experience, and skill with PS.
Indeed, using both FOSS/OSS and PS would allow all three parties to decide respectively which they prefer, depending on the need.
Cheers,
Barrie
Hello Everyone:
After having read this article, I could not help but wonder why entrepreneurs would want to put a lot of money into Web 2.0 companies unless these entrepreneurs simply have an insatiable appetite to create a monopoly within the Web 2.0 world, thus preventing others from building web-based empires. Perhaps it is a matter of conquering cyber space, or making a name for oneself, or steering viewers to their companies over others, or getting people hooked (so companies can charge in the [near] future).
Whatever the reason(s), it is a high stakes game, for there is little or no revenue, despite on-line ads (which I, for example, never pay attention to anyways even though they are geared towards me based on my cyber hits).
Overall, I am thankful that there are some reputable Web-based companies that require payment for their services and/or products, for I find them valuable in my teaching profession.
Cheers,
Barrie
Hello Everyone:
CrowdTrust is more than a Community of Practice (CoP) in that this Web 2.0 company calls for the collective knowledge and wisdom of everyone, not just participants from a single industry or professional arena. Here, industry leaders could utilize the wisdom of the crowd to help explore the various issues and challenges pertaining to urban sustainability in any given community, for example.
CrowdTrust provides space where one’s personal creative commons can become more meaningful and more valuable to you and to others so that things that matter most to an organization, for example, could be explored in a much more cooperative and collaborative manner.
After having viewed the pitch for CrowdTrust, I could not help but think how profitable this venture could be for schools, for example, where the wisdom of the crowd – students, teachers, parents, community stakeholders, administration, and other staff members – could explore and solve various issues, matters, and challenges that inherently exist in any school community.
After all, as with urban issues around sustainability, for instance, school issues around operations and functionality could be deal with by way of collected intelligence, which CrowdTrust secures in its company space.
In sum, in partnership with all stakeholders, I would utilize CrowdTrust in my school because I believe that, through collective knowledge, expertise, information, experiences, and ideas, school issues and matters could be solved much more effectively.
Cheers,
Barrie
Hello Everyone:
Here is a link to a site that suggests 5o ways to create web-based stories: http://cogdogroo.wikispaces.com/StoryTools
I quite enjoyed using this learning platform. Following is an amateur piece I did some time ago: “http://www.slide.com/r/mGRPg3_47D9n-C0TQLRYp_qd5rF7ryl7?previous_view=lt_embedded_url”
Cheers,
Barrie
ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES to THE GLOBAL MARKETPLACE
RE: NEPAL — SCHOOL SECTOR REFORM PROGRAM (SSRP)
(From the World Bank)
Project ID: P113441/Project Status: Active (2009)
FACE 1: MARKET FOCUS
SSRP is intended to increase access to school education and to improve the quality of school education.
FACE 2: TYPES OF OFFERINGS
The SSRP project is divided into two parts: basic education and secondary education. First, SSRP is intended to ensure equitable access to and quality of basic education for all children ages 5-12 as well as to prepare pre-school-age children through Early Childhood Education and Development (ECED) for basic education and deliver basic numeracy and literacy to youths and to adults, especially women and marginalized groups. Second, SSRP is intended to improve equitable access to secondary education by financing the development of physical facilities (i.e. classroom construction and rehabilitation, library and laboratory construction, and school construction for children with special needs) and provide scholarships for marginalized groups, the disabled, girls, and children from poor households.
FACE 3: THE BUYER
Learning bought nationally – open to regions – local guide offers via the World Bank
FACE 4: GLOBAL MARKETS
A region with no, restricted, or poor quality Internet service
FACE 5: DEVELOPMENT OF THE MARKET
Market does not seem to support E-learning/learning technologies
FACE 6: LEARNING TECHNOLOGY COMPETITION WITH OTHER FORMS OF LEARNING
Not yet applicable
CONCLUSION
As an educational venture analyst (EVA), there may be a business opportunity present in this project, for there is no infrastructure (i.e. LMS, CMS, virtual classrooms), no market development around E-learning, and no E-learning system.
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