[Open-education] Provisional programme: Making it Matter: Supporting education in the developing world through open and linked data

Pat Lockley patrick.lockley at googlemail.com
Fri May 2 17:03:16 UTC 2014


Will there be a hashtag? Might help?
On 2 May 2014 10:10, "Lorna M Campbell" <lorna.m.campbell at icloud.com> wrote:

> Hi Marieke,
>
> Really sorry I won't be able to travel down to this event.  I'll look
> forward to following the discussions remotely though.
>
> Cheers
> Lorna
>
> On 2 May 2014, at 09:02, Marieke Guy wrote:
>
>  Hi Everyone,
>
> We still have a few places remaining for this workshop. It's going to be a
> great opportunity to hear about current initiatives in the development,
> technology and education overlap. There will also be plenty of time for
> discussion and networking.
>
> The workshop is Making it Matter: Supporting education in the developing
> world through open and linked data and will be held in London, UK on Friday
> 16th May, 2014
> http://linkedup-project.eu/making-it-matter-workshop/<http://education.okfn.org/making-it-matter/>
>
> If you can't make it talks will be streamed and videos released afterwards
> - signup for remote participation<https://docs.google.com/a/okfn.org/forms/d/1r7y2MJZ_OYzdfWCv7yhDAPN49LR69UmnE5ekM3Kn_zU/viewform>
> .
>
> Hope to see you there.
>
> Marieke
>
> On 23/04/2014 09:25, Marieke Guy wrote:
>
> Dear All
>
> A provisional programme<http://linkedup-project.eu/files/2014/03/MIM_Programme.pdf>is now available for the Making it Matter: Supporting education in the
> developing world through open and linked data, a free one-day workshop
> organised by the LinkedUp Project and the Commonwealth of Learning in
> London, UK on Friday 16th May, 2014.
> http://linkedup-project.eu/making-it-matter-workshop/<http://education.okfn.org/making-it-matter/>
>
> Speakers include Venkataraman Balaji (Director, Technology & Knowledge
> Management, Commonwealth of Learning), Tom Salmon (Teacher and open
> development researcher), Stefan Dietze (LinkedUp Project) and Christophe
> Gueret (DANS NL and WorldWide Semantic Web). There are also a series of
> interactive breakout sessions.
>
> The aim of the workshop 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.
>
> A limited number of spaces<http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/making-it-matter-supporting-education-in-the-developing-world-through-open-and-linked-data-tickets-8832158223>are still available for the workshop.
>
> We have also now set up a form so people can register<https://docs.google.com/a/okfn.org/forms/d/1r7y2MJZ_OYzdfWCv7yhDAPN49LR69UmnE5ekM3Kn_zU/viewform>if they are interested in remote participation on the day. Talks will be
> streamed and there will be opportunities to participate online in break-out
> sessions.
>
> Looking forward to meeting you at the Making it Matter Workshop!
>
> Thanks
>
> Marieke
> --
>
> Marieke Guy
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> Marieke Guy
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