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David Wiley

Brigham Young University / Open High School of Utah

Dr. David Wiley is Associate Professor of Instructional Psychology and Technology at Brigham Young University, President of the Governing Board of the Open High School of Utah, and Chief Openness Officer of Flat World Knowledge. He was formerly Associate Professor of Instructional Technology at Utah State University and Director of the Center for Open and Sustainable Learning, a Nonresident Fellow at the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School, a Visiting Scholar at the Open University of the Netherlands, and is a recipient of the US National Science Foundation’s CAREER grant. He is the founder of OpenContent, coining the term “open content” and releasing the first open license for content in 1998. His career is dedicated to increasing access to educational opportunity for everyone around the world.

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10:45am Wednesday, 07/23/2008

Changing Education... Open Content, Open Hardware, Open Curricula

Emerging Topics
Location: Portland 252

Cliff Schmidt (Literacy Bridge), Danese Cooper (Open Source Initiative and REvolution Computing), Mark R. Shuttleworth (Canonical Ltd.), Derek Keats (The University of the Western Cape), Bobbi Kurshan (Curriki), David Wiley (Brigham Young University / Open High School of Utah), Brian Behlendorf (CollabNet, Mozilla Foundation) Moderated by: Danese Cooper

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In the wake of the "Cape Town Declaration," more and more open source people are thinking about applying open source principles to Education. This panel discussion will introduce exciting concepts and some of the thought leaders in the Open Educational Content movement. There will be opportunities to learn about getting involved. Come get inspired!! Read more.