Report on the SPDECE 2005 conference
This week I have assisted the SPDECE 2005 conference in Barcelona (Spain). The objective of this conference is to drive the evolution of the Learning Object Model in Spain, gathering a number of experts from a variety of fields. Most of the assistants are also part of RED-AOPA, a community of Hispanic researches involved in the domain of Learning Objects.
This contrasts with other conferences that focus mainly in the technological aspects of LOs, and the result is a conference with a unique flavour. If the experience during the SPDECE 2004 conference was interesting, this year has been as exciting and worthwhile.
Some may say that, in spite of the special publication for selected papers, the conference does not have a high-repercussion publication of the proceedings. However, this has a wonderful side-effect. Academics don’t come because it will look great in their CV, but because they are actually interested in the field and in seeing it become a reality. Because of this, most sessions derived in interesting discussions, with the experts in different domains doing their best to explain their points of view in a manner that would be understandable for academics from other fields.
All in all, a wonderful experience and I’m really looking forward to next year’s edition.
