2-3-98 Conference: An Open Discussion on Technology in Education
April 6th, 2008 by Ken UdasSUNY Delhi is hosting the 2-3-98 Conference, which promises to be a VERY exciting event that couples the topic of Open Source Software in Higher Education with a MoodleMoot. The meeting will take place on June 19th and 20th and address the often-repeated questions of Total Cost of Ownership, Support and Quality as they apply generally to software acquisition, and specifically to open source software. These themes will carry through to the MoodleMoot on June 20th.
There are some things that I really like about this meeting. There is a great mix of issues and questions that are frequently asked, but not really understood. There is a great spectrum of university presentations and breakout sessions by participants that are “up to their elbows” in acquisition and deployment activities. There are some great OSS applications being featured and some really smart commercial organizations supporting the organizational use of OSS application and systems are participating. All of this great stuff should make for a great meeting. In addition, it is also great to see one of the SUNY schools stepping up and showing real leadership in the OSS community providing a forum for intelligent dialog about pressing issues on a national stage.
April 14th, 2008 at 1:19 pm
Thanks Ken for posting the 2-3-98 Conference information. Folks interested can get a spiffy announcement/invitation.
We have a great line up of folks presenting from large (Canada’s Open University, LSU, Johns Hopkins, UCLA) to small (Keuka, Smith and of course SUNY Delhi) touching on various aspects of, not just open source, but overall strategies in software assessment and implementation.
We’ll also be having a lot of fun. Delhi and the Catskills are beautiful with a PGA golf course, the Delaware river and picturesque small towns, farms and even covered bridges.
the food will be fantastic (our Culinary program just won their second straight Northeastern Regional Championships) and we will even have a few games (HINT: why is the conference called 2-3-98 and how many of the days on the calendar in the conference announcement can you identify?)
But most importantly the 2-3-98 Conference will promise to be a great way to meet your peers and colleagues and discuss how both campus computing and IT governance is being influenced by not only open source technology but the communities that surround them–and eventually us in education.
Hope to see you here!
Thanks again Ken,
Pat