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Edupunk: Open Source Education

Event SXSW Interactive 2009
Format Panel
Organizer Dave Lester – George Mason University
Description DIY teachers around the world are using open source course management systems, open access textbooks, and other open source tools to buck the chains and limitations of corporate education software. This panel of edupunks will rock the show by discussing the movement, its challenges, and its future.
Questions
Answered
  1. What is edupunk?
  2. What are some open source alternatives to costly course management systems?
  3. How can I get involved in this open source educators movement?
  4. What do open source textbooks look like?
  5. Why are teachers having to rebel and not use what schools are giving them?
  6. What resources are there for edupunks who aren't programmers?
  7. What is being done to bridge open source education software and its corporate cousins?
  8. What are ways that teachers are turning their students into edupunks?
  9. What are the DIY boundaries for teachers who work at an institution?
  10. How can edupunks gain legitimacy in the face of well-funded corporate software packages for education?
Panelists Gardner Campbell (Baylor University), Stephen Downes (National Research Council), Barbara Ganley (bgblogging.wordpress.com), Jim Groom (University of Mary Washington), Dave Lester, moderator (George Mason University)
Level Intermediate
Category Other
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