Latam Commons 2008

Open licensing, open technologies, and the future of education in Latin America (Santiago, Chile, 19-21 Nov.) [10/11/08]

The conference is split up into three meetings over the three days. On on Nov 20 the main theme, "Creative Commons, Open Education, and the Public Domain, is being co-hosted by ccLearn, the education division of Creative Commons, and Derechos Digitales.

The meeting will be a participatory gathering in which all attendees will be able to discuss a range of issues relevant to open education in Latin America, with the goal of developing a broad understanding of major education issues in the region and a focused vision of how open education and widely available educational resources can address these needs.

This meeting is intended to catalyze conversations and projects that will continue after the meeting is over, and to build relationships among people and organizations so that we can bring our collective energies and resources to bear on common challenges for open education. Future meetings are already planned, and we look forward to seeing the progress on this global effort that grows out of Latam Commons 2008.

Registration is free and open to the public, and for for additional information a wiki is up & running.