Keynotes
OpenEd 2007 Keynotes
Open Education 2008: Celebrating Ten Years of Open Content
Fifth Annual Open Education Conference
September 24-26, 2008
Teresa Malango |
Teresa Malango, Magnatune
Teresa Malango is Vice President of Music Licensing and Business Partnerships for Magnatune, an artist-friendly independent online record label that sells and licenses its music for personal, commercial and non-commercial use. Teresa has an extensive background in theater, video, and film production. For a number of years she ran prestigious public lectureship programs at the University of California, Berkeley presenting eminent scholars and dignitaries from diverse fields, including Nobel Laureates and international political leaders. Among filmmakers and other creative professionals, the Magnatune site is known for its ability to generate customized, on-demand music licenses for any song in the catalog. Currently, Teresa oversees music licensing and business partnerships for Magnatune working with clients like 20th Century Fox, Lonelygirl15, Harley-Davidson, Gearhead Pictures, and Linden Research, creators of the online society Second Life.
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Gary Lopez |
Gary Lopez, Monterey Institute for Technology and Education An experienced educator and author, Gary has an extensive background in business management, media production and technology development. In 1983, he founded Archipelago Productions, a developer of award-winning digital product for the education market and documentary films for television. In 1997, Gary became President and CEO of NETg, a global leader in providing e-Learning solutions to many of the largest corporations in the world, including Shell, IBM, AT&T, Honeywell and Motorola. Under his leadership, NETg developed a library of more than 1,200 multimedia-based courses, grew to more than 800 employees, and had offices in 30 countries. As Executive Director of MITE, Gary continues his lifelong commitment to education. |
Wayne Mackintosh |
Wayne Mackintosh, Commonwealth of Learning Wayne is a committed advocate and user of free software for education. He was the founding project leader of New Zealand's eLearning XHTML editor (eXe) project and responsible for establishing the Commonwealth of Learning's (COL) WikiEducator - a website that provides free eLearning content that anyone can edit and use. He is also a member of the Advisory Board of the Wikimedia Foundation. Wayne has extensive experience in the theory and practice of open and distance learning (ODL), and has a keen interest in pedagogical innovation for sustainable development. |