Hi, I wonder if one of the leading lights in the MOOC[1] world could be persuaded to give a keynote. Most lecture for a living so are good at entertaining and I know some of the initiatives wouldn't exist without Apache.
Examples of orgs: https://www.coursera.org/ https://www.coursera.org/about/team https://www.edx.org/ https://www.edx.org/bios http://class2go.stanford.edu/ (now merging with edX, but some of the founders might be interesting) https://www.udacity.com/ https://www.udacity.com/us#sec4 Dan Clancy, Director of Research @ Google might be willing to key note in this area. http://googleresearch.blogspot.ie/2013/09/we-are-joining-open-edx-platform.html I dont know any of these people personally, but I suspect any platform on which to speak may interest them. Best Regards Ian 1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massive_open_online_course On 14 January 2014 17:30, Alexei Fedotov <alexei.fedo...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm involved in different local educational initiatives. I have read > through Amdatu main concept on the web site and may humbly notice that > teachers / educational gurus rarely consider modularity as a main > requirement for digital education. I wonder if there is some data on > Amdatu reception in Netherlands. > > On 1/14/14, Marcel Offermans <marcel.offerm...@luminis.nl> wrote: >> I would like to propose another idea for a keynote at ApacheCon, given by >> Jurriaan Souer who works at PulseOn: >> >> PulseOn is a cloud based web application, built on open source technologies, >> many of which originating from Apache, that provides students with a >> personalized, lifelong learning environment. The project was started a >> couple of years ago with the goal to change the way we educate our children. >> The school system in The Netherlands, like in many other countries in the >> world, has not changed significantly over the last century. Children still >> go through a system that focusses on standard text books and a fixed >> curriculum. Personal learning styles and preferences are ignored, which >> means that we are teaching everybody in a sub-optimal way. >> >> With PulseOn we provide a digital environment that leverages current >> technologies and tracks each student individually, providing them with >> content that suits their learning style and personal goals. That means that >> basically, instead of providing standard books, we chop those up into small >> pieces of content that are assembled dynamically based on the profile of the >> individual. Furthermore, the system also contains formal and informal tests, >> that provide us with a good insight into how well the student understands >> the various pieces of information. The end result is a system with which >> they can learn more quickly and more efficiently. >> >> Our mission is to maximize human potential through personalized learning, >> worldwide because we believe that education is the foundation on which >> society is built. With PulseOn we believe we can contribute to a better >> world, allowing each learner to become what they are and can be. >> >> The PulseOn platform builds on several key Apache technologies, including >> Apache Felix to create a modular back-end, Apache Wink for REST support, >> Apache CXF and ServiceMix to connect to other enterprise applications, >> Apache ACE for dynamic provisioning of the platform in the cloud and Apache >> Commons for various utilities. These open source technologies have all been >> consolidated in an open source platform called Amdatu. >> >> The keynote is not technical, but instead focusses on how this platform >> helps improve the way we teach our children. As such I think it's an >> excellent example of how open source improves our daily lives. >> >> Jurriaan is a Product Manager at PulseOn. He has 15 years of experience in >> online product development, management, marketing and sales engineering and >> a Ph.D. in Computing and Information Sciences. >> >> WDYT? >> >> Greetings, Marcel >> >> > > > -- > -- > With best regards / с наилучшими пожеланиями, > Alexei Fedotov / Алексей Федотов, > http://dataved.ru/ > +7 916 562 8095 > > [1] Start using Apache Openmeetings today, http://openmeetings.apache.org/ > [2] Join Alexei Fedotov @linkedin, http://ru.linkedin.com/in/dataved/ > [3] Join Alexei Fedotov @facebook, http://www.facebook.com/openmeetings
