Festival Report: Difference between revisions

From MozillaWiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search
No edit summary
No edit summary
Line 1: Line 1:
'''''The Future of Learning, Freedom and the Web'''''
'''''Picturing The Future of Learning, Freedom and the Web'''''


Right now the demand for access to learning is rising like the average temperature throughout the globe, flooding traditional institutional capacity. At the same time the web offers all-new possibilities for how we can connect and share information. How can the practitioners of the open-source software movement develop and share new tools and practices to foster learning? What are the most successful ways to supplement and to replace the traditional educational functions of knowledge transmission, socialization, and accreditation? What tools remain to be developed to allow learners of all ages to find the answers they need, formulate the questions that are most salient to them, and present themselves for a community's stamp of approval?
Right now the demand for access to learning is rising like the average temperature throughout the globe, flooding traditional institutional capacity. At the same time the web offers all-new possibilities for how we can both connect and share information.  


How can the practitioners of the open-source software movement develop and share new tools and practices to foster learning?


Participants will contribute to a substantial, 100-150 page document, to be released in January 2011, that captures this moment in enticing words, infographics and photos. The scene of the crime will be the first Drumbeat Festival in Barcelona, but the scope of the document will widen to include the broader future-of-learning community.  
What are the most successful ways to supplement and to replace the traditional university's functions of knowledge transmission, socialization, and accreditation?
Part exhibition catalog, part manifesto, this will serve as a concise, fun-to-read document for those who aren't able to be there, to build the legend of the Festival; a guide to what happened in the other Tents, for those who spent their time in a single Tent; and a glimpse for all into the dawn of the educational future.  
How does openness function as a philosophy as well as a tactic to move forward the frontiers of learning and knowledge discovery?
 
What tools remain to be developed to allow learners of all ages to form the questions that are most salient to them, find the answers they need, build skills, and present themselves for a community's stamp of approval?
 
A substantial, 100-150 page document, to be released in January 2011, will address these questions and capture this moment in enticing words, infographics and photos. Participants in the first Mozilla Drumbeat Festival in Barcelona are invited to contribute, but the scope of the document will widen to encompass the broader future-of-learning community.  
Part-exhibition catalog, part manifesto, this will serve as a concise, fun-to-read document for those who aren't able to be there, to build the legend of the Festival; a guide to what happened in the other Tents, for those who spent their time in a single Tent; and a Lonely Planet guide to the emerging learning landscape.


  To include:
  To include:


*Interviews with Joi Ito, Mitchell Baker, Mark Surman, Nathaniel James, leaders of Tents, key participants  
*25+ interviews with Joi Ito, Mitchell Baker, Mark Surman, Nathaniel James, leaders of Tents, key participants  
*Quotes from the best blog posts, tweetstream and wiki remarks around the event  
*The best blog posts, tweetstream and wiki remarks around the event  
*Artifacts: The best presentation slides, presentation notes, chalkboards and whiteboards
*Artifacts: The best presentation slides, presentation notes, chalkboards and whiteboards
*Photos of the action around Barcelona
*Photos of the action around Barcelona

Revision as of 21:57, 12 August 2010

Picturing The Future of Learning, Freedom and the Web

Right now the demand for access to learning is rising like the average temperature throughout the globe, flooding traditional institutional capacity. At the same time the web offers all-new possibilities for how we can both connect and share information.

How can the practitioners of the open-source software movement develop and share new tools and practices to foster learning?

What are the most successful ways to supplement and to replace the traditional university's functions of knowledge transmission, socialization, and accreditation?

How does openness function as a philosophy as well as a tactic to move forward the frontiers of learning and knowledge discovery?

What tools remain to be developed to allow learners of all ages to form the questions that are most salient to them, find the answers they need, build skills, and present themselves for a community's stamp of approval?

A substantial, 100-150 page document, to be released in January 2011, will address these questions and capture this moment in enticing words, infographics and photos. Participants in the first Mozilla Drumbeat Festival in Barcelona are invited to contribute, but the scope of the document will widen to encompass the broader future-of-learning community. Part-exhibition catalog, part manifesto, this will serve as a concise, fun-to-read document for those who aren't able to be there, to build the legend of the Festival; a guide to what happened in the other Tents, for those who spent their time in a single Tent; and a Lonely Planet guide to the emerging learning landscape.

To include:
  • 25+ interviews with Joi Ito, Mitchell Baker, Mark Surman, Nathaniel James, leaders of Tents, key participants
  • The best blog posts, tweetstream and wiki remarks around the event
  • Artifacts: The best presentation slides, presentation notes, chalkboards and whiteboards
  • Photos of the action around Barcelona
  • Demographics & survey data from participants, arranged into attractive infographics
  • An overview of the event and reported essay on the "State of Learning, Freedom, and the Web" by Anya Kamenetz, author of DIY U, lead editor on this project.