No Online Educa for me this year…

No Online Educa for me this year. But  thanks to Twitter, the live feeds and some bloggers I think I got a fairly good impression. I know, I missed the Christmas markets, the party, the people  and some other social stuff but hey I will be there in 2010 that’s for sure.

Here is my list of resources:

• Wilfred Rubens blog (in Dutch)
• Graham Attwell and his “Sounds of the Bazaar” podcast & video
• Heike Philp  and the Pecha Kucha session. The session were recorded but I can seem to find the URL for playback. In the mean while you can take a look at the recordings Wilfred made. Watch the recordings of Heike Philp , Jay Cross , David James Clarke IV and Robin Hood
• Not too many presentations on Slideshare, just wondering why?

I also noticed that most of the sessions used their own Twitter tag related to #oeb2009 but where can we find a list of the tags that were used?

Online Educa Rocks.

O boy, I never thought that Jay would put this online.
See Sally & Jef rocking the stars of the roof

Online Educa 2008: first impressions.

After 2 day’s it’s time to share my first impressions with you.

1. No BIG news, lots of tools that can be used in a learning process and ‘m not talking about Learning Management System. But the small and most of the time free tools, that we all can use to enhance the learning process.
2. Lots of bla bla about virtual worlds. Universities and school are doing some nice things in Second Live but to me it still feels like playing with almost no educational value at all. Unless you consider that learning how to use SL is learning?
3. Generation Y. After several sessions about “Generation Y” I still don’t know who “Generation Y” is? Is it the age difference, the mindset, the way we live or life, something else? If anybody can give me a clear definition please feel fee to comment.

I think that that this Educa was more about networking, connecting and sharing thoughts with others.