This was presented during the Fourth Internet Governance Forum at Sharm el Shiekh in Egypt, November 18, 2009t. The session title is "Online Education: Maximizing the Efficiency."

1. Open│ Web │ Content │ EducationMozilla Foundation EduCourse ExperienceBy: Charity GamboaEmbleyStudent Alternatives Program Inc. -South Plains Academy, Lubbock, Texashttp://www.stdsapi.comcembley@esc17.net4th Internet Governance ForumSharm el Shiekh, EgyptNovember 15 – 18, 2009

2. Goal Help educators learn about OPEN content, technology and pedagogical skills that they can explore and use for their teachingINNOVATE

3. INNOVATENew pedagogical methodsCreative educators who deviate from traditional didacticsAdapting the practice according to an educator’s styleHaving access to educational resourcesEngaging in sharing of experiencesLocating up-to-date materialsThus, raising the quality of education that we have

4. Why learn about open content, technology and pedagogical skills?Kids spend so much time onlineSo we need to teach “like the web”http://www.xmediapartners.com - the average teenager spends approximately 31 hours per week on the Internethttp://www.pctechbytes.net – poll showed that a person spends an average of 1-4 hours being online per day

5. Building Blocks(open) content(open) technology(open) pedagogyParticipatory and Student – led Learning

6. Ways of Improving the Quality of EducationTrain teachers/instructors (like me) about OERExplore newer (and better) pedagogical modelsTeacher and learner empowerment

7. EduCoursehttps://wiki.mozilla.org/Education/EduCourse/OutlineRun for 6 ½ weeksOutline includes: course introduction, open content case studies, basics on open tech, open content licensing, open content on the horizon, and open pedagogyWeekly seminars (inluding advance reading on case studies, audio recordings)Social bookmarking (diigo, del.i.cious)Blueprint project

10. Development(s)"Design Challenge”

11. Features: [1] more hands-on and geared at building new applications [2] tutorial component (similar to the EduCourse)- The sign-up is currently open at: http://design-challenge.mozillalabs.com/jetpack-for-learning/