David Wiley suggested that there is a huge demand for higher education – a demand which perhaps cannot be met by traditional campus courses for the simple reason that it would require the build-up of an educational infrastructure on such a large scale that it might be impossible. This raises the question of whether it … Fortsätt läsa Open education or education for the (even) few(er)?
ONL – a free-range view.
I’ve had the privilege of moving through the evolution of modern learning from one generation to the next (which includes the myriad of challenges that comes with it). The more recent generations of these systems have enabled me to move around more freely on an area of ‘open ground’. Moving from the print generation, … Continue reading ONL – a free-range view. →
Topic 2 – To open or not to open?
To open or not to open?On what side of this dilemma am I? After going through topic 2 in the ONL course, and reflecting on what openness really means to my own practice, I say I am still on the closed side. Yes, I know, boring isn’t it on this day and …
Being open isn’t as daunting as it sounds…
As Kay Oddone mentioned, openness means different things to different people. As far as I have been able to tell, opening learning spans far beyond our experience in the distance learning space. I’ve personally become so accustomed to an xMOOC type environment, where I play the role of the instructor and honestly speaking, 99.9% of … Continue reading Being open isn’t as daunting as it sounds…
VCDW Test
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Who will pay for the content?
In the article “Digital Resilience in Higher Education” Weller and Anderson argues that the higher education will change substantially in the future due to digital revolution [1]. A key factor in the change Weller and Anderson see is the development and sharing of open education resources in teaching. The enabling factor behind this sharing of … Continue reading Who will pay for the content? →
Mentimeter
Yesterday I joined a meeting in the Netherlands in which the mentimeter was used in a creative way. They had open questions to which we all wrote answers of varying length. Then some of the answers were discussed and elaborated on. The discussions were…
Open Learning – Sharing and Opening up courses
My journey continues. Wondering what waits behind the next corner… I have read a lot about open learning, open education, distance learning and online learning. A month ago, I would have thought they were all the same, but now I have learned the differences and it is interesting, very interesting. I will focus on open … Continue reading Open Learning – Sharing and Opening up courses →
Me, my son and the digital world
The computer. My biggest friend, and my biggest enemy, a source of daily bread and a source of daily conflict. The digital world has impacted my life, my family, our home in a very strong way and this impact will only increase! Almost everybody I know who has children fights nowadays against computer addiction, mostly … Continue reading Me, my son and the digital world →
Creative Common licence
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There ain’t no such thing as a free lunch
A hundred years ago, there was a tradition in the US that saloons would serve free lunch to guests who were paying for a drink. But the food would be salty, luring the customers to buy more beer. Based on this story, economists frequently use the expression “there’s no free lunch” to point out that … Continue reading “There ain’t no such thing as a free lunch”
Open Learning—What is it and should we embrace it?
After completing the first topic on online participation and digital literacy in the context of education, the discussions I had with colleagues and the literature I went through seem to suggest there is a great potential that could be derived f…
Free Content and Creative Commons
After a few weeks of our online course and thinking about open learning, it has become clear that nobody is advocating for completely free platforms and content anymore. We now know that free platforms always come with some kind of cost. As a rule, if a platform (Facebook, Twitter, Google+, etc.) is free, the user … Continue reading Free Content and Creative Commons →
ONL181 PBL 1 Topic 2 – Open Learning – Sharing And Openness Reflections
ONL181 PBL 1 Topic 2 – Open Learning – Sharing And Openness Reflections Whilst completing a 65km cycle race I thought quite hard about this particular topic. I feel there some important things to consider. Most of these were included in my Google Plus …
To be open or closed?
To be open or closed? When we think about the words ‘open’ and ‘closed’, we can already feel that the former has positive associations while the latter has negative. A closed-minded person is unreceptive to new ideas; a closed shopping … Continue reading →