Presentation about the traps that projects can fall into, especially when working with educational technology. Understanding the risks and taking a reflective and open approach can help address these risks. Patrick McAndrew Version used at OLnet workshop 17/12/2009 CC-BY

1. Reflections on avoiding traps in projects Patrick McAndrew http://olnet.org

2. Traps

3. The legacy trap

4. Search The search trap http://www.flickr.com/photos/pulpolux/151695072

5. Metadata Trap

6. Build for everyone trap http://openlearn.open.ac.uk

7. The system is everything trap

8. htt p://www.flickr.com/photos/marcemarc/2385399277 / The one stop shop trap http://www.flickr.com/photos/marcemarc/2385399277/

9. (inspired by Chris Pegler – built by Christopher McAndrew) First used in slides in 2004.

10. Forgetting the past trap

11. The Holy Grail trap http://www.flickr.com/photos/spiritual_marketplace/2207966935

18. Ask…

19. Integrative evaluation