Eban Moglen's speech in Bangalore

Here is a report on Eben Moglen's speech at an event organized by Kannada Bloggers
Professor Eben Moglen, professor of law and legal history at Columbia University and is the founder, Director-Counsel and Chairman of Software Freedom Law Center, spoke on the topic free software in new media on Saturday, 13th December at the Institute of Agricultural Technologists, Bangalore.

There was an audience of around 80 people. Apart from Professor Eben Moglan, Jayakumar from Kannada bloggers and HP Nadig from sampada.net also spoke at the event. Here are the excerpts from Eben Moglen's speech:Free software and the emerging new media is reducing the significance of the conventional media where communication was only one way.

Wikis are allowing people to share and collaborate knowledge and thus allowing interaction and direct communication.Eben explained how he uses Wiki to teach students and the way it improves the interaction between students and teachers and how it helps to improve teaching.

It is emerging as an alternative to the traditional examination system. He also described an instance where the Wiki helped a researcher from Europe to collaborate with students in Columbia University.