This page lets you register for the second OSWER'09 workshop, organized by the CRI-CTB in Beijing this summer (among other scientific activities). Registration is free but mandatory.
To register, please first create an account on this wiki. Once you're logged in, you can add your name at the bottom of this page. Your name should link to a page where you describe your motivation and expectations on participating to this workshop. Here is template for a useful homepage on this wiki.
If you want to register for the first OSWER workshop (July, 6th–July, 12th), please check this page.
“Development” has to be intended in a broad sense. It obviously include developers who wish to contribute to build web tools for education and research. However we also wish to have “social developpers” attend the meeting. Social developpers are needed to make such innovation spread among scientific research institutes, universities, formal and informal learning communities. They can also contribute to get support from institutions (educational, political).
So the second week is for those who want to contribute concretely, who want to “code” or to be social entrepreneurs…
| 29-07-2009 | 30-07-2009 | 31-07-2009 | 01-08-2009 | 02-08-2009 | 03-08-2009 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9:30-12:30 | Livio Riboli-Sasco : Education 2.0 & introduction of participants | LRS : educational needs for developing countries M. Baehr: the sTeam platform | OpenOffice For Education: ideas/code | Review/Test of some Firefox modules for Education | One day off | Debriefing |
| 12:30-14:00 | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | |
| 14:00-16:00 | Bastien & Luping: Debriefing of science 2.0 and Sci-foo | Learning Communities as evolutionary systems? + Educamp | Group work | Group work with the Mozilla Community: How to create firefox add-ons? Nankai and BUPT firefoxes | One day off | WiSER-U Milestones |
| 16:00-16:30 | Café break | Café break | Café break | Café break | Café break | |
| 16:30-17:30 | Sci-foo and discussions | Group work | Mid-term report of group work | Presentation of group work - Election of Mozilla CA | One day off | Perspectives |
| 17:30-18:30 | Debriefing of the day | Debriefing of the day | Debriefing of the day | Debriefing of the day | One day off | Debriefing of the last day and the week |
| 18:30-20:00 | Dinner | Dinner | Dinner | Dinner | Dinner | |
| 20:00-22:00 | Social Event | Presentation of education @ CTB & PKU | François Taddei – creativity 2.0 and beyond | IdeasNight | One day off | Social Event |
The workshop will take place at PKU, in the Center for Theoretical Biology (see on Google Map)
This will be the opening presentation.
Everyone should sort out the VISA issue. The CRI will not deliver collective VISA. You should apply for a tourist visa, One entrance, 90 days. If you wish not queue at the embassy, get the visa through a company such as Action Visas : http://www.action-visas.com/public/?destination=CN&Rubrique=visas&LP=&name=Chine
The workshop will take place at the Beijing University (PKU).
Contact: bastienguerry AT gmail DOT com