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Learning 2.0黃頁 » Mozilla and the future of education — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 01:06:05 +0000

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By: Prototyping the open ed revolution « commonspace

Prototyping the open ed revolution « commonspace — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:38:03 +0000

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Please welcome Mark Surman to Mozilla « Frank Hecker — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:58:30 +0000

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By: David Bolter

David Bolter — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 18:45:26 +0000

Frank, I’m not sure when, or how, but having read this post (in two parts) I realize I need to stick you in a room with my boss Jutta Treviranus. Will you travel schedule bring you to Toronto anytime soon?

By: hecker

hecker — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:56:38 +0000

@Michael Horn: Thanks for stopping by and commenting! I’ve been a big fan of Christensen’s ideas for many year, and am familiar with the Innosight Institute, though I’ve never looked into its work in detail. Thanks for reminding me to do this.

By: Michael Horn

Michael Horn — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:11:03 +0000

Frank, this is a fascinating 2-part post — thank you. You make some great points in here, and I loved the connection to Mozilla (as an avid-user of what the community creates myself). Dr. Christensen and I have cofounded a non-profit think tank, Innosight Institute (www.innosightinstitute.org) to continue research on this work and to promote the ideas and so forth. Please let me know if we can be helpful. It sounds like there might be some synergies with the Mozilla Foundation.

By: Michael Horn

Michael Horn — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:09:27 +0000

Frank – This is a fascinating post.

By: hecker

hecker — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 19:45:16 +0000

@skierpage: As an XO owner/user I understand your point. I think the folks developing Sugar, eToys, etc., are doing great work, but I sometimes wonder if they’re betting against the web – not necessarily a good strategy.

By: skierpage

skierpage — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 02:03:51 +0000

Agree.

I think some of the OLPC deployments are using Moodle. As I understand it, they’re now struggling with the disconnect between organizing courses in the browser, then children have to run an external program to do the coursework. One answer is to do everything in the browser. With rich JavaScript+canvas animation and physics engines, Web-based apps like docs.google.com, and offline storage, next-gen browser engines like Mozilla (as used in OLPC’s Browse activity) have the technology to make this happen, and I assume it will. E.g. I looked for a better world atlas than the CIA’s (!) PDF maps and found research prototypes of interactive maps made with SVG and JavaScript, but nothing shipping. Mozilla should encourage and promote such Web standards-based innovation.

OLPC’s Sugar environment still has the edge in “sharing activities” without depending on a central server, but I hope Mozilla Messaging + extensions can incorporate the underlying technologies of jabber servers, presence detection, Telepathy, etc. to foster collaborative work and communication. For adults as well as kids!

So, I agree.

By: commonspace

commonspace — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:44:22 +0000

Prototyping the open ed revolution…

Frank Hecker has a series of posts
up today on ‘Mozilla and the Future of Education’. It’s a bit of a
thought experiment to imagine what Mozilla might do if it dipped it’s
toe further into the education pond. The line I like most is:…