[open-development] Workshop: Making it Matter: Supporting education in the developing world through open and linked data - 16th MAy

Tue Apr 8 12:57:44 UTC 2014

Hi everyone,

We were intending to send something to list but just hadn't got there 
yet, so thanks to Tim for sharing. Do pass on to anyone you think might 
be interested in attending. Note that we plan to have some event 
amplification for those who can't physically attend.

So to clarify this is a free one-day workshop organised by the LinkedUp 
Project and the Commonwealth of Learning which will be held in 
Bloomsbury Suite B at Friends House in London, UK on Friday 16th May, 
2014. The workshop is entitled: Making it Matter: Supporting education 
in the developing world through open and linked data.
http://linkedup-project.eu/making-it-matter-workshop/

The aim is to bring together software developers, educators and 
individuals from the development community to see how they can work 
together by using open and linked data to support education in the 
developing world.

The day will have two main activities:

  * Firstly there will be focused discussion around real-world
    requirements in the developing world that could be aided through the
    releasing of data and/or the building of relevant applications and
    prototypes. This discussion will feed in to requirements for a
    focused track for LinkedUp Vici Competition that looks for
    educational applications that target developing countries,
    addressing context-specific problems, issues and needs, being
    technical, societal or environmental.
  * Secondly there will be the opportunity to look at tools developed
    through the LinkedUp Challenge (the Veni and Vidi Competitions) and
    see how they could be used in the developing world. Feedback from
    the session could lead to the opportunity for some of the LinkedUp
    Challenge tools being enrolled to a larger user base at one of the
    Commonwealth of Learning's related organisations.

The day will also be a 'first-step' in bringing together communities 
interested in the technical issues related to open data and education in 
the developing world. There will be break-out sessions and plenty of 
opportunities to explore what the next steps would be in working together.

If you are interested in participating could you book a place using the 
Eventbrite form.
http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/making-it-matter-supporting-education-in-the-developing-world-through-open-and-linked-data-tickets-8832158223

If you have any questions about the day, or suggestions for the agenda 
do let us know.

Looking forward to meeting you at the Making it Matter Workshop!

Thanks

Marieke

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On 08/04/2014 13:39, Tim Davies wrote:
> http://linkedup-project.eu/making-it-matter-workshop/
>
> This workshop in London might be of interest to some on this list. 
> (I'm not involved in any way - just spotted it and thought it might be 
> interesting to pass on - as they explicitly target the 'open 
> development' community.
>
>
>         Making it Matter: Supporting education in the developing world
>         through open and linked data
>
> Col_logo <http://linkedup-project.eu/files/2014/03/Col_logo.jpg>This 
> one-day workshop organised by the LinkedUp Project 
> <http://linkedup-project.eu/> and the Commonwealth of Learning 
> <http://www.col.org/> will be held in Bloomsbury Suite B at Friends 
> House <http://www.friendshouse.co.uk/> in London, UK on Friday 16th 
> May, 2014.
>
>     /*The aim is to bring together software developers, educators and
>     individuals from the development community to see how they can
>     work together by using open and linked data to support education
>     in the developing world.*/
>
> The day will have two main activities:
>
>   * *Firstly* there will be focused discussion around real-world
>     requirements in the developing world that could be aided through
>     the releasing of data and/or the building of relevant applications
>     and prototypes. This discussion will feed in to requirements for a
>     focused track for LinkedUp Vici Competition that looks for
>     educational applications that target developing countries,
>     addressing context-specific problems, issues and needs, being
>     technical, societal or environmental.
>   * *Secondly* there will be the opportunity to look at tools
>     developed through the LinkedUp Challenge
>     <http://linkedup-challenge.org/> (the Veni and Vidi Competitions)
>     and see how they could be used in the developing world. Feedback
>     from the session could lead to the opportunity for some of the
>     LinkedUp Challenge tools being enrolled to a larger user base at
>     one of the Commonwealth of Learning's related organisations.
>
> The day will also be a 'first-step' in bringing together communities 
> interested in the technical issues related to open data and education 
> in the developing world.
>
> To provide context there will also be a variety of presentations 
> covering 'open education in the developing world' and 'the role open 
> data can play' dotted throughout the day.
>
>
>         Audience
>
> The day is aimed at:
>
>   * Teachers and educators enthusiastic about the open education space
>   * Members of the open development movement
>   * Members of the open data and linked data communities in particular
>     developers
>   * Stakeholders from the Commonwealth of Learning
>   * LinkedUp Challenge <http://linkedup-challenge.org/> participants
>
>
>         Programme
>
> The workshop will run from 10am -- 4pm. Full programme to follow.
>
> - See more at: 
> http://linkedup-project.eu/making-it-matter-workshop/#sthash.4girzJCP.dpuf 
>
>
>
>
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