Connexions Conference 2012
Rice University
Houston, Texas
February 15-17, 2012
http://conference.cnx.org
2012 Connexions Conference
Laying the Foundation for Significant Change
Download the agenda.Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Duncan Hall, Rice University
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.Connexion Consortium Meeting
By Invite Only
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Duncan Hall, Rice University
7:30 - 8:30 a.m.Continental Breakfast
8:30 - 8:40 a.m.
Welcome and Introduction
George McClendon, Provost, Rice University
8:40 - 9:15 a.m. Founder's Address: Laying the Foundation for Significant Change in 2012
Richard Baraniuk Founder and Director of Connexions
9:15 - 10:15 a.m.
OpenStax College Launch
David Harris, Editor-in-Chief of Connexions
Phyllis Hillwig, Chief Operations Officer, Words and Numbers
Eric Christensen, Chair, Natural Sciences, South Florida Community College
Marie Wallace, Chair, Professor, Pima Community College
Phyllis Hillwig, Chief Operations Officer, Words and Numbers
Eric Christensen, Chair, Natural Sciences, South Florida Community College
Marie Wallace, Chair, Professor, Pima Community College
10:15 - 10:45 a.m.
Break
10:45 - 11:30 a.m.
Panel Session: Breaking into the Mainstream - Legislative, Business, and Institutional Dimensions
Scott Hochberg, Texas Representative
Thomas Ratliff, Texas State Board of Education, District 9
Phil Kim, 20 Million Minds Foundation
Meredith Babb, Orange Grove text plus
Thomas Ratliff, Texas State Board of Education, District 9
Phil Kim, 20 Million Minds Foundation
Meredith Babb, Orange Grove text plus
11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Connexions Technology Update
Ed Woodward, Technical Director of Connexions
Kathi Fletcher, Connexions Consortium Technology Committee Chair
Fellow, Shuttleworth Foundation
Kathi Fletcher, Connexions Consortium Technology Committee Chair
Fellow, Shuttleworth Foundation
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Lunch Breakout Discussions
Technology
Open Business Models
Social Media
Open Business Models
Social Media
1:00 - 1:45 p.m.
Panel: Open Certification - Badges, Alternative Certification, and OER
Alana Harrington, Director, Saylor Foundation
Carla Casili, Open Badges at Mozilla Foundation
Susan Goldberger, Director of Education, Burning Glass
Sheryl Grant, Director of Social Networking, HASTAC/MacArthur Foundation Badges for Lifelong Learning Competition
Carla Casili, Open Badges at Mozilla Foundation
Susan Goldberger, Director of Education, Burning Glass
Sheryl Grant, Director of Social Networking, HASTAC/MacArthur Foundation Badges for Lifelong Learning Competition
1:45 - 2:00 p.m.
Break
2:00 - 2:45 p.m.
OERPub: APIs for Easier Content Creation and Sharing
Katherine Fletcher, Fellow, Shuttleworth Foundation
Buidling Student Advocacy for OER
Nicole Allen, Studentn PIRGS
2:45 - 3:00 p.m.
Break
3:00 - 3:15 p.m.
Open Assessments
Mark Horner, Siyavula
J.P. Slavinsky, Rice University
OER Metadata and Analytics
J.P. Slavinsky, Rice University
Greg Grossmeier, Education Technology and Policy Coordinator, Creative Commons
Steve Midgley, Special Assistant to the Secretary of Education, U.S. Department of Education
Steve Midgley, Special Assistant to the Secretary of Education, U.S. Department of Education
OER That's Built to Sustain
David Harris, Connexions
Meredith Babb, Orange Grove Text Plus
Meredith Babb, Orange Grove Text Plus
3:45 - 4:00 p.m.
Break
4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Connexions Consortium Report and Partner Updates
James Berry, Connexions Consortium Chair, NCPEA
5:00 - 5:30 p.m.
Closing Remarks
Richard Baraniuk, Founder and Director of Connexions
Hotel ZaZa
6:30 - 9:30 p.m.Gala Reception and Dinner
Thursday, February 16-17, 2012
Connexions Sprint -- Not just for code junkies anymore!
Click here to see a list of proposed coding tasks.Duncan Hall
8:00 - 9:00 a.m.Continental breakfast
9:00 - 12:00 p.m.
Connexions/Rhaptos coding and content sprints
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Lunch
1:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Coding sprint continues
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