From LCA2010

This one day Education Mini-conference will focus on educational uses of Free and Open Source initiatives used around the world including tools for teaching and school management.

It has talks and workshops directly useful to educators, administrators, developers and those interested in supporting education initiatives and/or influencing their direction and uptake.

You can email Tabitha if you require further information.

Proposals

The call for proposals is now closed.

The Schedule

Speakers and structure specifics are yet to be defined. The basic break up of the day is as follows:

Times	Duration	Detail
09:00 - 10:00	60	Keynote speaker
10:00 - 10:30	30	Morning Tea
10:30 - 12:15	125	Welcome and housekeeping The Open Source Secondary School - Mark Osborne Open Source Software in the class room - Josh Campbell Through the Looking Glass: Open Source from a Student's Perspective - Elizabeth Garbee OLPC and Sugarlabs - Improving education on a global scale - Volunteers group
12:15 - 13:30	75	Lunch
13:30 - 15:15	125	Koha - Nau te rourou, naku te rourou, ka ora ai te iwi - Chris Cormack Art education and open source - Maksim Lin The use of FOSS in teaching Software Engineering - Ashley Maher Moodle features workshop - Jonathan Newman
15:15 - 15:45	30	Afternoon Tea
15:45 - 17:30	125	Mahara development workshop - Penny Leach Why Educational Technology Deployments Fail - Belinda Lopez Structuring a multi-day technical training course - Jacinta Richardson Voice and vision interaction - John Graves Closing of the day

Miniconf Presenters' biographies

Coming soon. Contact Tabitha if you just can't wait.

Miniconf Presenters' slides and handouts

Watch this space for slides and handouts released under a Creative Commons license.

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