Terry Anderson, Professor and Canada Research Chair in Distance Education at Athabasca University dropped by tonight. We talked about distance ed, his time 'back on the land'. We talked about where education might be going... and we talked about athabasca's new EDD program starting (maybe) next year.. Besides being an all round big wig in education (see link above) Terry is involved in all kinds of educational projects, including an appearance at the upcomming Curverider conference. I had a great time.

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We discuss who we are as a 'Educational Technology' community and how we can get our community's message spread to a wider audience. A quick look at a few different wikipedia entries for ed tech will show you how silent the community has been... With the recent discussions about DOPA and Blackboard, that community voice is more important than ever.

Some Wikipedia Links

Education Portal
Online Learning
E Learning
E Learning 2.0
Educational Technology

Chat Transcript Below

18:42:59 dave-on-air: hi stephen
18:43:09 Stephen_Downes: Hiya
18:45:06 dave-on-air: hey brad
18:45:11 dave-on-air: hope you have a coffee ready
18:45:16 Brad_Hicks: Hi guys - have to work today so unfortunately can't hang around to help as a guide
18:45:45 Brad_Hicks: I really would have liked to listen in live to Stephen