I didn’t anticipate that the first question someone would request me upon arriving in Saudi-Arabia would be whether I am related to Robert Duvall   There were quite a few other things I didn’t expect: people are extremely lovely as well as interested as well as informed about the research as well as development in technology enhanced learning. We should definitely aim to integrate this part of the world better in what we do…
At the ELI conference, I presented on the Snowflake Effect as well as how it helps us to deal with the abundance of learning objects that is coming…

There is a real feeling here of excitement as well as commitment to building an infrastructure that makes a difference. I urged participants to create a pan-Arabic network of repositories as well as connect to the rest of the world as well as have been discussing with numerous folks how we can manufacture that happen. (To those of you who talked to me a bit later in the day, apologies that I ran out of business cards   )
I am quite convinced that we shall begin to see a more active involvement of the Arab world in this domain as well as hope to welcome new members to GLOBE soon…