Header: Open Apereo Keynote Announced

[Ian Dolphin (apereo)]

We are very pleased to announce the Keynote for Day 1 of Open Apereo 2020 is Kathleen Fitzpatrick, Director of Digital Humanities and Professor of English at Michigan State University. Kathleen's most recent work is 'Generous Thinking: A Radical Approach to Saving the University', published by Johns Hopkins University Press in February 2019. More information about Kathleen can be found at https://kfitz.info/about/

What is the Open Apereo 2020 conference? Open Apereo is the open-source conference for education. It's an international, inclusive event offered by the Apereo Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to developing and sustaining innovative open-source software solutions for education. Apereo sponsored software communities develop and sustain learning tools and environments, media capture and management, authoring learning materials, portals, authentication, learning analytics, and more. At Open Apereo, you’ll have the opportunity to -

• Obtain a high-level overview of all Apereo software and software communities

• Participate in our “Design Challenge Day”, bringing together educators, learning technologists, software developers and curriculum design specialists in imagining and building aspects of the future of learning

• Present your experience of supporting the academic mission with open technologies, and hear the experience of others

• Participate in the HAXCamp webcomponents workshop

• Attend and participate in Apereo software community activities 

This year's conference will be held at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA from June 15-19, 2020.

The Call for Proposals for Open Apereo 2020 is open until December 20th http://bit.ly/oa20cfp 

Why not present at Open Apereo 2020. We are seeking proposals for presentations or discussion sessions in these tracks:

• Strategy and Leadership

• Open Source Software: Student and Faculty Success Stories

• Technical Deep Dive

• Facing the Future: Innovation Supporting Change

We look forward to your proposal!

Sincerely,


Ian Dolphin, Executive Director, Apereo Foundation
Alan Regan, Open Apereo 2020 Planning Committee Chair
Martin Ramsay, Open Apereo 2020 Planning Committee Vice-Chair
Jennifer Cummings, jenn.c...@apereo.org, Open Apereo 2020, Conference Coordinator

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