Aspiration will travel to Austin to run a 3-day Design Camp that culminates Mozilla’s Jetpack for Learning Design Challenge. Ten projects from the Challenge have been invited to the Camp, taking place prior to South By Southwest Interactive 2010. Aspiration is designing and leading the event in partnership with Mozilla, along with Philipp Schmidt, Jetpack for Learning (JFL) Coordinator, and Brian King and Andy Edmonds, JFL Course Leads.

The camp will bring together developers, designers, and educators who are connecting the best ideas from open education with the coolest new open internet technologies. Design Challenge prototypes will be finalized with support from the course leaders, and additional agenda time will be spent discussing and working toward a shared vision for social learning in the open web. Selection and announcement of ultimate Design Challenge winner will take place during Mozilla’s SXSW Interactive event.

In addition to enhancing the ten great Jetpack for Learning projects, the Design Camp has several additional objectives:

• Strengthen the community of practice among practitioners working in the Jetpack for Learning space;
• Engage in visioning and collaboration around the future of open web technologies in the context of education;
• Address participant questions and learning needs regarding all aspects of Jetpack and Firefox development.

Check out the draft Design Camp Agenda as well as the Jetpack for Learning Design Challenge home page. Also see event coverage on the MacArthur Spotlight blog.