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Global Learn Day 10

John Hibbs, Oct 07, 2006
Commentary by Stephen Downes

In just a few hours, John Hibb's remarkable global adventure will set sail for the tenth time. Welcome, therefore, to a special Saturday Global Learn Day edition of OLDaily.

UTC Time (Click for local time)	PST Time	Region	Keynoter	Topic
0:00	5:00 pm Oct. 7	Opening Ceremony	Sir John Daniel, President, Commonwealth of Learning Vint Cerf, Chief Internet Evangelist, Google	Lessons from the Thrilla in Manila
1:30	6:30 pm Oct. 7	South Pacific	Michael Coglhin	Overlooked -- The Aboriginals and How to Effectively Communicate
3:30	8:30 pm Oct. 7	East Asia	Vishen Lakhiani	Big changes coming from new directions
5:30	10:30 pm Oct. 7	South Asia	Dr. T. V. Raman	Equal Access To Information Raises All Boats
7:30	11:30 pm Oct. 7	Gulf/Middle East/Western Asia	Vance Stevens (representing Webheads)	Are English language instructors the most important teachers in the world?
9:00	2:00 am Oct. 8	Africa	Derek Keats	Increasing Access through Open Courseware
12:00	5:00 am Oct. 8	Dublin: A Special Stop	Jack Byrne	A Special Stop in Dublin with FM Radio
13:00	6:00 am Oct. 8	Europe	Gavin Dudeney and Nickey Hockly	Avatars and Other Glitzy Stuff: Get a MUVE on!
16:00	9:00 am Oct. 8	Latin America	Taran Rampersad	Society is built on communications
18:00	11:00 am Oct. 8	Canada and the United States	Tim DiScipio, Founder, e-Pals	Connecting global classrooms for collaborative project sharing and literacy learning
22:00	3:00 pm Oct. 8	Central Pacific	Dr. John Southworth Univesity of Hawaii	Art, Spirits and Technology
23:00	4:00 pm Oct. 8	Closing Ceremony	Jeff Lebow World Bridges	A Visionary Close

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