Government leaders responsible for basic education are moving toward mass adoption of digital technology as the primary means for providing educational resources. But government lacks a vision of education that makes use of the opportunities presented by the Internet. This myopia in a global environment in which Apple, Google and Microsoft are intent on re-inventing educational resources risks ceding further control of the future of educational resources to private actors in the global North. (lunch served for registered attendees)

This is event is part of the Forum on Global Access to Knowledge and Education.  There are two other events in this series:
 

10:30 am - 11:30 am (April 2) - Opening your Syllabus with Joe Karaganis



1:30 pm - 2:30 pm (April 2) - Shadow Libraries with Joe Karaganis

Event sponsors: Concilium on South Africa (COSA), Duke University Center for International & Global Studies (DUCIGS), Open Source Pedagogy Research & Innovation (OSPRI), Duke Learning Innovation, Duke University Libraries.