Truly Asia!
I am in Penang, Malaysia, for the first ever ELLTA (Exploring Learning and Leadership Theory in Asia) Conference. The conference is highly interactive with a multi-cultural group of participants from Asia, Africa, Europe, North America and the Middle East.
The conference focuses on learning and leadership theories in Asia, aiming at both developing and applying an approach which does not give priority to theory and philosophy rooted in a Western culture over oriental and other non-Western theories. This seems to be of greater importance in the field of leadership than in the field of learning and teaching.
I am following a stream of paper presentations on “elearning in Asia”, where later today Farzana Akther and I will present our joint paper on ICT-centres in rural Bangladesh.
