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"Internationally Recognized Degree in Educational Technology The University of British Columbia...
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This is a presentation held at eLiberatica 2009. http://www.eliberatica.ro/2009/ One of the biggest events of its kind in Eastern Europe, eLiberatica brings community leaders from around the world to discuss about the hottest topics in FLOSS movement, demonstrating the advantages of adopting, using and developing Open Source and Free Software solutions. The eLiberatica organizational committee together with our speakers and guests, have graciously allowed media representatives and all attendees to photograph, videotape and otherwise record their sessions, on the condition that the photos, videos and recordings are licensed under the Creative Commons Share-Alike 3.0 License.
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Hi, JK, speaking tomorrow on using OSS in education. Taking my master's in ET at UBC in Vancouver, Canada, They're paying for this trip ... so they're getting this little commercial
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45,000 students 1000 hectares or so of lands, parks, and buildings 10 minutes from downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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MET: what is is? Effective use of technology in education … huge sums are being spend on 1:1 computing projects and other ed tech: how do you determine where money is best spent and what tech works best for increasing student achievement?
32 countries
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Started in 2002, about 250 concurrent students right now from 32 different countries ... and perhaps, soon, from Romania as well.
online
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All courses online …
affordable
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Fairly affordable (especially if you can get your company to pay for it ($1100/course, 10 courses for 30 credit hours gets you your master’s degree). Tuition is the same no matter where you come from.
recognized
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Recognized all over the world. UBC is consistently recognized as one of the top 30 universities in the world in worldwide university rankings. (bogus, but hey …)
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Projects & work …
emigration
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Lucian expected that some might be interested in emigration … this program is an asset because it’s a local credential and there’s high demand for graduates in the labor market.
questions & goodies
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Will be around – if you’re interested, come on up and ask me some questions. Speaking tomorrow on a much more interesting topic: using OSS tech in schools (and what I’ve learned from building 3 learning management systems on open source technologies over the past decade)
