The Why and How of Open Education Workshop.
http://okcon.org/2011/programme/the-why-and-how-of-open-education-concepts-and-practices
OKCon – The 6th Annual Open Knowledge Conference 30th June – 1st July 2011, Berlin – Germany (http://okcon.org/2011)
Online notes of the sessions are available from: http://typewith.me/okcon2011-openeducation
Unit-IV; Professional Sales Representative (PSR).pptx
The Why and How of Open Education: Introduction
1. Open Education
A brief introduction
By: Dr. Andreas Meiszner, United Nations University UNU-MERIT – The Netherlands
Workshop on “The Why and How of Open Education: Concepts and Practices”
OKCon 2011, June 31st – Berlin, Germany
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4. Traditional formal class based Higher Education
This is definitely
NOT Open Education
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OK, it might be Open in the
sense that students can exercise
their right of Free Speech
(and accept bad grades in return)
5. Traditional formal Higher Education in the communication age
This also is definitely NOT Open Education
6. The Open Educational Resource movement
If content equals education, then this IS Open Education
7. The emergence of Free / Open Courses
If content and learning together with formally enrolled students – but without
teacher support, with no assessment and with no certification IS STILL EDUCATION,
then this IS Open Education.
8. The emergence of Free / Open Universities ?!?
If content, learning together with others, support by volunteering teachers and
assessment through those, but no certification IS STILL EDUCATION, then this
IS Open Education.
9. • How we define Open Education depends on how we define Education.
• In many societies Education equals to obtaining Formal Degrees or
Certifications.
• If Formal Degrees or Certifications are indeed the relevant criterion that
defines Education, then Open Education pretty much the same then Closed
traditional formal education as we know it – except that it is not “Closed”,
but “Open”.
• Luckily there are more shades then “black” and “white”, and the same
likely holds valid for Education.
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11. Thank you for your attention!
Dr. Andreas Meiszner,
United Nations University
UNU-MERIT
meiszner@merit.unu.edu