Welcome to the Curriculum Forge wiki site
This space is open to anyone interested in education. It was originally created for the needs of an international assocation called IAACS. The mission of this Wiki is to open curricular research to a global community of educators. Anyone can browse thei wiki site. If you wish to contribute you need only to sign up. The Helpful Info tab above (to your right) will be extremely helpful for new users to consult.
Looking for CONAHEC ?
The 2007 Quebec city CONAHEC conference presentation Distance Education Rethinking Distance Education in North America: Canadian & Mexican perspectives on Open Access & Online Learning / Repenser l’enseignement à distance en Amérique du Nord : perspectives canadiennes et mexicaines à l’égard du libre accès et de l’apprentissage en ligne
Looking for IAACS ?
This wiki has been first presented at the last World Curriculum Studies Conference, Tampere, Finland (May 21-24, 2006). The Conference is part of the International Association for the Advancement of Curriculm Studies. All IAACS members are more than welcome to use this Wiki as a place for co-elaborations. IAACS Website is being redesigned.
Looking for Conferences Papers ?
The Iaacs Conferences papers (Shanghai, 2003 and Tampere, 2006) will be posted here
How do I start?
Here are a number of EASY steps to follow to create your account, start working on your personnel (but intensely public) wiki page, etc.
Community Co-elaborations (pages we want to work on together)
People suggested we create pages we work on together. WikiWe is where we will work on the ideas YOU wish to bring forward into the community.
Want Free/Open Software?
Why not download Open Office so you can read and write texts in ALL formats? (including .doc and .pdf formats) No, you do not have to have a Linux operating system to useFree/Open Source Software ; you can download many Free/Open Source Software and use them on Windows and Macintosh operating systems. If you want to see what kinds of software are available here is a link to get you started in English or en français
(NOTE: Some people may prefer to use the term Free/Libre/Open-Source_Software
For those interested in how Free Software relates to education, particularly with respect to said "developing" countries please see this FLOSS page. It outlines the significance of the Free/Libre and Open Source Software for Developing Countries.