# What is Convo and Collab? **URL:** https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/what-is-convo-and-collab/89 **Category:** Convo and Collab **Created:** [June 15, 2020, 7:15pm UTC](https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/what-is-convo-and-collab/89 "2020-06-15T19:15:25Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![cogdog](https://connect.oeglobal.org/user_avatar/connect.oeglobal.org/cogdog/32/2_2.png) [@cogdog](https://connect.oeglobal.org/u/cogdog) #### Post date: [June 15, 2020, 7:15pm UTC](https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/what-is-convo-and-collab/89/1 "2020-06-15T19:15:25Z")
“Conversation and Collaboration” at OE Global 2020 includes informal networking activities, special interest meetings, meetups and other opportunities to connect. ![demo-hallways](https://connect.oeglobal.org/uploads/default/original/1X/9f7bad079c8626f8c6acd793bf10a471fb59679a.jpeg) We struggled for a name for this group of activities! It went from “Social and Interactive” days to “Networking Days” before we settled on “Convo and Collab” In some ways, this is space is meant to provide the types interactions that happen in the hallways at in-person conferences. This might include follow-up discussions with presenters, ad-hoc sessions, special interest group gatherings, and socializing activities. Much is meant to be asynchronous, as a change in activity level from the scheduled program sessions on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. We’ve seeded the area with a few suggested activities, but this is the place where we allow you, conference attendees to suggest a topic to discuss or ask for a group interested in X to reply. How do you do this? Just click **New Topic** in the [Convo and Collab area](https://connect.oeglobal.org/c/oeg-2020/convo-collab/). ## Initial Convo and Collab Topics > [@Talk Across All Sessions](https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/talk-across-all-sessions/265): > > Our choice of this conversation-based platform for OE Global 2020 was one where conference presenters and attendees could easily communicate, at any time. This extends farther than a chat session in a presentation, it is part of the fabric of here. Every session at the conference is it’s own conversation. This our strongest recommendation for participating in the conference is asking questions, sending feedback, and connecting with other participants asynchronously before, during, and after the… > [@Five Stop Local Tour](https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/five-stop-local-tour/266): > > What if we visited you in your part of the world? What are the 5 key places you might want to show a visiting open educator? What does your “Main Street” look like? What are the places that you would share as a local resident that a tourist may never see? Post a reply with a local tour of your part of the world, created any way you choose. It could be a link to a narrated video posted to social media. Or insert 5 pictures with descriptions. Upload your own sketches. Try creating [your own Googl…](https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/) > [@料理の鉄人 (Iron Chef) OER Mix Off](https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/iron-chef-oer-mix-off/267): > > What can you remix with five mystery OER ingredients? Welcome to the OEG 2020 version of [Iron Chef](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Chef). [14 Hokanson Chef in Residence Lynn Crawford](https://flickr.com/photos/nait/13149101375) flickr photo by [N A I T](https://flickr.com/people/nait) shared under a [Creative Commons (BY-ND) license](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0/) On both Tuesday and Thursday of OEG 2020, contestants (meaning anyone at the conference) are presented here with five “mystery” OER ingredients and given a day to remix them together into a new and improved resource. Then you get to vote on the best cre… > [@I am an Open Educator. Ask Me Anything](https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/i-am-an-open-educator-ask-me-anything/268): > > In the (more wholesome) style of [reddit’s Ask me Anything](https://www.reddit.com/r/AMA/) we are soliciting experts among conference participants willing to start a topic here, with that style of opening. If you are willing to Answer Anything, just create a new topic in this area with a title like “I teach a multi-lingual open course in engineering physics, ask me anything.” > [@Open Recipes (like real food)](https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/open-recipes-like-real-food/269): > > Do you like to cook? Do you have speciality dishes that you’d like to share? Do you know or have recipes that reflect the local food in your part of the world? Share your recipes with a reply! Show us making in a video, photos, or just list the ingredients, steps, and special techniques. Share your recipe with a “seasoned” open license (“By Attribution With Extra Cayenne Pepper”). As recipes start to appear, give one or more a try, and report back with stories and photos of your attempt at som…