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* '''Web-seminar 16 April 2009''' | * '''Web-seminar 16 April 2009''' | ||
* What makes the web open? What makes it closed? (Seminar by Mozilla's Chris Blizzard) | * What makes the web open? What makes it closed? (Seminar by Mozilla's Chris Blizzard) | ||
* Educators teaching online are constantly faced with technology choices. Which technologies are open, and which are closed? What are the implications of ''open'' or ''closed'' for access and participation - today, and in the long-run? | * Educators teaching online are constantly faced with technology choices. Which technologies are open, and which are closed? What are the implications of ''open'' or ''closed'' for access and participation - today, and in the long-run? We will unpack some of the bigger issues connected to the choice of technology. | ||
* We will | * We will look at some familiar applications used in education and what technologies they are based on. Things like email services, learning management systems, online seminar platforms, social networking sites. Then we'll analyse the technologies that they are based on, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Flash etc. We'll discuss what we mean by open or closed - and what factors determine if an application is open. | ||
* Open source software vs. proprietary software, technologies controlled by one vendor (e.g. Flash) vs. those not controlled by one vendor (e.g. JavaScript), interoperability issues ... | |||
* Background materials | * Background materials | ||
** Grab the [http://groups.diigo.com/rss/mozilla-open-education-course/bookmark/tag/week3 RSS feed] for all week 3 materials | ** Grab the [http://groups.diigo.com/rss/mozilla-open-education-course/bookmark/tag/week3 RSS feed] for all week 3 materials | ||