Joey Coleman on November 18th, 2009

A few people have emailed me to ask why there hasn’t been much communication from me during the conference.
There are a couple of reasons. the primary reason is that I’m busy trying to learn as much as I can from as many people that I can.
The secondary reasons are that the conference is located in [...]

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Joey Coleman on November 16th, 2009

Good morning from Doha,
It’s 0900hrs local time (GMT+3) and I’m well into my second full day in Qatar.
Today’s agenda is as follows:
1000 (0200 EasternTime) – depart for conference at Ritz-Carlton
1230 (0430EST) – interview with Dr. Abdulla bin Ali Al-Thani, vice-president education of the Qatar Foundation and chairmen of the WISE conference.
1430 (0630EST)  – attending the [...]

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Joey Coleman on November 16th, 2009

@aratisharma asks: anyone recording the presentations?f
Response: Yes, I’m told the panel discussions are recorded. All official media is being uploaded to the Press Room section of the WISE website: http://www.wise-qatar.org/en/newsroom I will keep an eye out for unofficial recordings
@davescrivener states: wow, its pretty business heavy and leans so the right w/ Fraser n’ MSF, [...]

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Joey Coleman on November 16th, 2009

The following list of Canadian delegates to the WISE 09 conference was provided to me. There are many familiar names for those of you who follow Canadian post-secondary education, and a lot of unfamiliar names as well.
You may, like me, find the number of people involved with Aboriginal/Inuit and continuing/distance education to be an pleasant [...]

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Joey Coleman on November 16th, 2009

The first post from the first World Innovation Summit for Education

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