Ash BarberNov 12

Yet MORE Day 1 #ICDEWC30 (was a very long day!):
🎙️On learner-centred sustainable and culturally inclusive education: “Ideally, the classroom is ‘we all learn from each other’” — Carolee Clyne.

🎙️Sam Lenci added “Policy starts the process” of recognising Indigenous Ways of Knowing and Being and that “It doesn’t have to be a class about Indigeneity; it’s about the students and their wellbeing.”

#ICDEWC2025 #OpenEd #IndigenousWaysOfKnowing #LearningDesign #Policy

Ash BarberNov 12
More Day 1 #ICDEWC30:
🎙️ On Project Nexus and “Cosmogogy” collaborative learning: “It’s learning *with* the world, not just about it” — Julie Lindsay
🎙️ On leveraging storytelling AI to preserve Indigenous culture: “AI should strengthen reciprocity, voice and belonging” — Janet Bruce-Brand
#ICDEWC2025 #AI #OpenEd
Ash BarberNov 11
Day 1 #ICDEWC30 quotes:
- On the importance of contextually relevant design, “training material adapted to local needs improves communication, trust and collaboration” — Diane Hockridge
- On AISLA chatbot, “builds critical thinking and *how* to think” — David Rose
#ICDEWC2025
Ash BarberNov 10
More #ICDEWC30 opening plenary quotes:
- On convening in person after two years: “There is no artificial intelligence in the rich human knowledge that surrounds you.” — Mark Nichols
- On inclusion and creating opportunities for marginalised students: “Writing the cheque isn’t what did it for her, making her feel like she mattered is.” — Paul LeBlanc
#ICDEWC2025 #Wellington #Aotearoa
Ash BarberNov 10

Stunning #ICDEWC30 open 😍 “we’re gathered by what binds us: a shared belief in the transformative power of education” Giselle Byrnes. And a throwback to adrienne maree brown’s #OpenEd25 keynote: “we are here to imagine together, to ask ‘what if?”

#ICDEWC2025 #Wellington #Aotearoa