{"id":279,"date":"2020-04-02T21:50:38","date_gmt":"2020-04-03T03:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cog.dog\/show\/?p=279"},"modified":"2020-04-06T21:51:04","modified_gmt":"2020-04-07T03:51:04","slug":"do-you-have-to-be-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cog.dog\/show\/2020\/04\/02\/do-you-have-to-be-here\/","title":{"rendered":"Do You Have to Be Here to Care\/Share? (#OER20)"},"content":{"rendered":"

An alt-format performance piece for the OER20 Conference<\/a> pivoted online due to that pandemic thing that happened in 2020.<\/p>\n

Serendipitous connections including blogs, twitter, Virtually Connecting, and postcards resulted in impressive acts of care from students in Japan to those affected by Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico. Such acts of caring\/sharing\/serendipity are not uncommon in informal networked places. Yet academic conferences for the most part privilege those able to attend in person and typify a classroom delivery model of interaction. #OER20 and Virtually Connecting are exceptions addressing it than other organizations, but even for this conference the submission form required on-site presentation.<\/p>\n

Beyond the virtues of carbon reduction, can we create more collaborative professional development that make for a more effective experience for all, regardless of ability\/desire to travel? Conferences need not be just in person (with a live stream or twitter back channel) or just fully online, yet formats seem little changed since before the internet existed. In addition to recognizing inequity for contingent faculty very few events consider implications of events for those involved in education who are self-employed\u2013 beyond costs of travel, attending\/participating is time not earning income.<\/p>\n

This performance piece aims to provoke what remains a centrality of in-person conference modes in an era of networked communities and virtual relationships that are more than real.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/oer20.oerconf.org\/sessions\/o-120\/<\/a><\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n