A free event in London (or online) that may be of interest: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Marieke Guy &lt;marieke.guy(a)okfn.org&gt; Date: 2 May 2014 09:05 Subject: Re: Provisional programme: Making it Matter: Supporting education in the developing world through open and linked data To: OER-DISCUSS(a)jiscmail.ac.uk Hi Everyone, We still have a few places remaining for this workshop. It's going to be a great opportunity to hear about current initiatives in the development, technology and education overlap. There will also be plenty of time for discussion and networking. The workshop is Making it Matter: Supporting education in the developing world through open and linked data and will be held in London, UK on Friday 16th May, 2014 http://linkedup-project.eu/making-it-matter-workshop/<http://education.o… If you can't make it talks will be streamed and videos released afterwards - signup for remote participation<https://docs.google.com/a/okfn.org/forms/d/1r7y2MJZ_OYzdfW… . Hope to see you there. Marieke On 23/04/2014 09:26, Marieke Guy wrote: Dear All A provisional programme<http://linkedup-project.eu/files/2014/03/MIM_Programme.pdf>is now available for the Making it Matter: Supporting education in the developing world through open and linked data, a free one-day workshop organised by the LinkedUp Project and the Commonwealth of Learning in London, UK on Friday 16th May, 2014. http://linkedup-project.eu/making-it-matter-workshop/<http://education.o… Speakers include Venkataraman Balaji (Director, Technology & Knowledge Management, Commonwealth of Learning), Tom Salmon (Teacher and open development researcher), Stefan Dietze (LinkedUp Project) and Christophe Gueret (DANS NL and WorldWide Semantic Web). There are also a series of interactive breakout sessions. The aim of the workshop is to bring together software developers, educators and individuals from the development community to see how they can work together by using open and linked data to support education in the developing world. A limited number of spaces<http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/making-it-matter-supporting-education-in-the-developing-world-through-open-and-linked-data-tickets-8832158223>are still available for the workshop. We have also now set up a form so people can register<https://docs.google.com/a/okfn.org/forms/d/1r7y2MJZ_OYzdfWCv7yh… they are interested in remote participation on the day. Talks will be streamed and there will be opportunities to participate online in break-out sessions. Looking forward to meeting you at the Making it Matter Workshop! Thanks Marieke -- Marieke Guy LinkedUp <http://linkedup-project.eu/> Project Community Coordinator | skype: mariekeguy | tel: 44 (0) 1285 885681 | @mariekeguy<http://twitter.com/mariekeguy> The Open Knowledge <http://okfn.org/> *Empowering through Open Knowledge* http://okfn.org/ | @okfn <http://twitter.com/okfn>| OKF on Facebook | Blog| Newsletter http://remoteworker.wordpress.com -- Marieke Guy LinkedUp <http://linkedup-project.eu/> Project Community Coordinator | skype: mariekeguy | tel: 44 (0) 1285 885681 | @mariekeguy<http://twitter.com/mariekeguy> The Open Knowledge <http://okfn.org/> *Empowering through Open Knowledge* http://okfn.org/ | @okfn <http://twitter.com/okfn>| OKF on Facebook | Blog| Newsletter http://remoteworker.wordpress.com