We will be meeting with several experts, teachers, professors, homeschool parents, instructional designers and bloggers in the coming months. Our tour starts on 1/4/10 with a trip to the Berkshires to meet with Michael Feldstein. I got to know Michael a bit better through working with him on a special edition of On the Horizon that addressed the future of online learning and learning management systems. He is a prolific blogger and expert in the eLearning space. On 1/5/10 I have the great priviledge of meeting with Dr. Toru Iiyoshi, Senior Strategist in the Office of Educational Innovation and Technology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr Iiyoshi is the co-editor/author of the groundbreaking book Opening Up Education. In true form, the entire book is available for free at the previous link. Finally, the first leg of the tour ends with a trip up to Keene, NH to meet with Mike Caulfield. Mike is Director of Community Outreach for the OpenCourseWare Consortium.

I’m looking very forward to meeting these individuals. I’ll keep you posted as we meet with other experts in the eLearning space.

I also want to thank Michael Horn for his continued support of NIXTY and for connecting us with Bob Moesta of ReWired Inc. and Stacey Childress of Harvard. It is great to be able to consult with people who are kindred spirits.

We launched a NIXTY fan page on Facebook a few weeks ago. We are all surprised by the amount of people that have “fanned” NIXTY. NIXTY fans will get access to the site and other goodies much earlier than the general public. Jump in and add us as a fan! We’d love to have you as part of our initial team.