Following on my off-the-cuff post from last night I wanted to expand a bit on the nature of the discussion on open learning, and whether educational organisations and conferences, such as EDUCAUSE, have a duty or even moral obligation to make information and opportunities for learning as widely available and as easily accessible as possible.
In re-reading my post from last night, I can’t help but realise how dismissive I was of Joshua Kim’s sentiments. So this morning I’m realising how important it is that I change my stance …

By now I think I’ve made my position on the need for and significance of openness in education quite clear – at least I hope I have. So I won’t rehash what’s been included here previously. Instead I’d like to share the fact that moments ago I had the tremendous pleasure of signing the Cape Town Open Education Declaration as an individual and would like to encourage everyone to consider doing the same.
This declaration isn’t simply a gesture or historical event though. It’s a commitment to living, …

As mentioned several weeks ago, I gave a short somewhat informal presentation regarding the CCK08 student experience at the Open Education Workshop on November 21st. The event was held at Macquarie University and had a nice diverse turn-out of attendees from across many different levels of education – including primary, secondary, tertiary, and even government.
I’ve just received word that the recordings of the event have been released and are now available for download via the Australian Service for Knowledge of Open Source Software (ASK-OSS) website, who were largely responsible …

 

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