What is Open Education and what does it mean for the future of learning? What role can Australia play? These and other questions will be addressed during a free open education session prior to the Open Access and Research (OAR) Conference 2008. The open education seminar is hosted by the ARC Centre of Excellance for Creative Industries and Innovation (CCI) and the The Open Access to Knowledge (OAK) Law Project of Queensland University of Technology and will be held on September 23, 2008 at the Gardens Points Campus in Brisbane Australia.
The session convenor is Professor Brian Fitzgerald of Queensland University of Technology (QUT) with special guest Melissa Hagemann of the Open Society Institute and Soros Foundation Network. Discussion leaders include:
- John Wilbanks of Science Commons,
- Delia Browne of the Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs,
- Cushla Kapitzke of QUT,
- Anne Fitzgerald of QUT,
- James Dalziel of Macquarie University,
- Carolina Rossini of the Berkman Center Harvard Law School, and
- Jessica Coates of Creative Commons Clinic.
