Jan 27, 2011
The aversion to openness
Boyle suggests that aversion to openness—to be disposed against the challenge of the unforeseen— is an actual cognitive bias that leads us to “undervalue the importance, viability and productive power of open systems, open networks and non-proprietary production.” To overcome this bias requires that knowledge producers (all of us involved in the practices of teaching, in whatever current institutional configuration) rethink every aspect (from economic theory to citation form) of what we think of as “knowledge production.”
Jan 25, 2011
Taking OER beyond the OER Community - Initiative Background
Taking OER beyond the OER Community - Initiative Background
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which explains the concept, major OER initiatives in the world. Supports the PER as a new method for learning.
UNESCO initiative to promote OER policies, workshops, manuals, etc.
Contains several case studies from Africa.
Contains the document:| 03_open_educational_resources_and_higher_education.pdf |
which explains the concept, major OER initiatives in the world. Supports the PER as a new method for learning.
The Future of Learning Report
Cathy Davidson and David Theo Goldberg focus on the potential for shared and interactivelearning made possible by the Internet.
mitpress.mit.edu/books/chapters/Future_of_Learning.pdf
mitpress.mit.edu/books/chapters/Future_of_Learning.pdf
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