John is absolutely on target. The original argument in the development community was bandwidth and the exclusion of those who couldn't participate- but even fewer can participate in a f-t-f except those who are funded to do ict4d.
Taran is on target too. Actually, there are many virtual conferences that have been arranged using a variety of vehicles and in all sectors. Could it be that it is the digital immigrants who control what should be run by digital natives using a variety of excuses to avoid loss of control? thoughts? tom abeles Original Message: ----------------- From: John Hibbs [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 07:51:01 -0700 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [DDN] Virtual conferences At 3:26 PM -0500 9/15/05, Taran Rampersad wrote: >John Hibbs wrote: >Why is an ICT conference not held virtually? Why do I have to travel > to Washington to participate? or listen? or view? What century do we > live in? 15 Sep 2005 15:26:11 -0500 Taran Rampersad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >So that's where I left my drum! :-) Maybe it's just not easy enough >for people to organize a conference virtually yet... or maybe they >don't know how easy it is? Subscribers to the leading listserv in the distance education world have heard me beat this drum for almost a decade. The largest, most prestigious (?) distance ed conferences have very little virtual component; yet the leaders talk the talk about the wonders of their deliveries. My wee voice has been a lonely one. Perhaps the DDN should take up one more cudgel -- that it should beat up on those who hold large physical conferences advocating ICT; but are unwilling to offer same virtually? If we at the "leading edge" don't walk the walk -- who will? -- John W. Hibbs http://www.bfranklin.edu/johnhibbs _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ . _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
