Yesterday, a conference died and a new event – I won’t call it a conference – was born immediately in its wake. By 3:00 in the afternoon, it was clear that many attendees and speakers would not be able to make it the annual ASAE Technology Conference in DC, and it would be unsafe to even try. To its credit, ASAE called off the event and promised to refund all registration fees.
Even as this was happening, though, #UNTECH10 – The Unofficial Alternative to the Canceled Tech10, was already in the works. As a result, folks who are in DC will be meeting up in-person at the Renaissance Hotel and those who are not in DC will be able to participate virtually.
I wanted to be sure to highlight the event here because it actively represents so many of the key traits of Learning 2.0, i.e., the blending of the social Web and everything it enables with traditional approaches to education. Here are three big ones I see in UnTech10: [click to continue…]
