Philippine Commons

23 April 2008

830-900 :: Registration

900-915 :: Invocation

915-1000 :: Introduction to Open Education
Speaker/org: Creative Commons Philippines
Atty. Jaime “Jimmy” Soriano
1000-1015 Q&A

1015-1030 :: Break

1030-1115 :: Creative empowerment and liberal education
Speaker/org: Friedrich Naumann Stiftung fur die Freiheit
Mr. Sigfried Herzog
1115-1030 Q&A

1130-1215 :: The public direction of Philippine education (primary and secondary)
Speaker/org: Department of Education
Atty. Geronimo “Indy” Sy
1215-1230 Q&A

1230-130 :: Lunch Break

130-215 :: Private initiatives towards open education: International/Local
Speaker/org: Creative Commons Philippines
Atty. Michael Vernon “Berne” Guerrero
215-230 Q&A

230-315 :: Private initiatives towards free and open books
Speaker/org: Bayanihan Books
Mr. Greg Moreno
315-330 Q&A

330-345 :: Break

345-430 :: commercial/business reaction to open content
Speaker/org: Vibal Foundation
Ms. Kristine Mandigma
430-445 Q&A

445-500 :: Closing remarks

Event Info
Name: Philippine Open Education forum
Tagline: Are we ready and where are we?
Sponsor: Philippine Commons
Host: e-Law Center, Arellano University School of Law
Type: Meetings - Club/Group Meeting

Time and Place
Date: Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Time: 8:30am - 5:00pm
Location: Arellano University School of Law
Street: Taft Avenue corner Menlo street
City/Town: Pasay City, Philippines

Contact Info
Phone:
Email: guerrero +AT mydestiny +DOT net 639215173631

Description

The mini-conference aims to inquire upon the feasibility and development of private initiatives to contribute in the Philippine educational or learning system, as alternative else collaborating actors in this matter.

This is pursued especially in light of the developments on Open Education in the international stage (see http://www.capetowndeclaration.org/read-the-declaration ; among others).

Considerations on the development of such initiatives locally would necessarily include the reception (either reactions and plans) of the government and the corporate providers regarding the matter, and thus would necessitate their participation in the mix.

Guests are allowed to bring friends to this event. Please inform us whether you or your friends are coming so that we can make the necessary headcount. No registration fees, by the way. Thank you.

Local electronica group DRIP (Beng Calma-Alcazaren, Malek Lopez, Arvin “Caliph8″ Nogueras, Ian “Morse” Magbanua), Mark Laccay, and Creative Commons Philippines (Atty. Jimmy Soriano and Atty. Berne Guerrero) were guests in the RockEd Radio session (hosted by Lourd de Veyra and Gang Badoy), entitled “Dripping Creativity” on 13 April 2008, 2000H +0800 at the NU107 studio in Pasig City.

Besides performing three of their songs live on the show, DRIP provided audience the rationale why they licensed their second full length album “Identity Theft” under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Philippines license. Creative Commons Philippines provided a short orientation on copyright and Creative Commons licensing by answering inquiries on the matter during the show.

More pictures at Facebook.

The sixth issue of the CC Newsletter, including the PDF thereof, was released on 9 April 2008.

This PDF version of the sixth issue was a result of the collaboration, for the content and design-layout thereof, by Creative Commons headquarters in San Francisco, California, United States (through CC Development Manager Melissa Reeder, and CC Senior Designer Alex Roberts), Creative Commons International in Berlin, Germany (through CCi Project Assistant Michelle Thorne), and Creative Commons Philippines, among others.

The PDF version of the newsletter has been adopted as an official version, supplementary to mail-list version, coming from Creative Commons headquarters in San Francisco, unlike previous newsletter remixes in the past.

Cover: “Airborne.†© 2008. Berne Guerrero. Some Rights Reserved. Except when otherwise noted, this work is licensed under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ph/. This remixed image includes images from glutnix / Brett Taylor. “Cooing Commons†CC BY 2.0 and paparutzi / Christina Rutz. “hot air balloon.†CC BY 2.0.

DRIP is scheduled for a radio guesting on the show RockED Radio at NU107 FM on April 13, 8PM at NU107, AIC Gold Tower on Ortigas Avenue, Pasig City. The show features current issues in music and what not, and on occasions, bands or groups also perform live on air. As it was deemed necessary, Creative Commons Philippines was invited to talk about the Creative Commons license and how it works, its application to the Philippines and beyond, and other related topics, in the same session.