7. “Open source software
communities are one of the most
successful -- and least
understood -- examples of high
performance collaboration and
community building on the
Internet today.”
(Kim, 2003)
8. “A key to transformation is for the
teaching profession to establish
innovation networks that capture
the spirit and culture of hackers -
the passion, the can-do,
collective sharing.”
(Hargreaves, 2003)
14. open(ness)
(short version)
open education
free software
open source software
open educational resources
open content
open access publication
open access courses
open teaching
open accreditation
18. Questions
• what is k?
• how is k acquired?
• how do we know what we
know?
• why do we know what we
know?
• what do humans know?
• who controls k?
• how is k controlled?
19.
20.
21. Free/Open Content
“describes any kind of creative work in a
format that explicitly allows copying and
modifying of its information by anyone, not
exclusively by a closed organization, firm, or
individual.” (Wikipedia)
31. media stats (2009)
• 90 trillion emails sent annually from 1.4 billion email
users
• 234 million websites
• 1.73 billion Internet users
• 126 millions blogs
• 350 million Facebook users
• 4 billion images on Flickr
• 1 billion Youtube videos served daily.
Stats as of Jan 22/10 via Royal Pingdom
44. “Web 2.0 tools exist that might allow academics to
reflect and reimagine what they do as scholars.
Such tools might positively affect -- even transform -
research, teaching, and service responsibilities -
only if scholars choose to build serious academic
lives online, presenting semi-public selves and
becoming invested in and connected to the work of
their peers and students.”
(Greenhow, Robella, & Hughes, 2009)
45. blogging
• Filter & develop ideas.
• Scholarly reflection.
• Dissemination of research.
• Calls for contribution &
collaboration.
• Share practice.
• Location of academic profile.
• Access to academic thought.
• Record of discourse.
46. microblogging
• Connect & collaborate with
academics from similar or
complementary fields.
• Data-mining possibilities
(reading vs. conversing)
• Serendipitous connections/
conversations.
• Share & disseminate work/
calls.
47.
48.
49.
50.
51.
52. content sharing
• Reach of publication can
dwarf traditional venues (Q:
“why do we publish?”)
• To share what we do and
create for the benefit of
others.
• Potential to improve our
initial work through CC/NC/
ATT licenses.
• Gift economy (we also
benefit by content that is
shared.
61. open courses - my view
• use of open & free tools wherever possible
• openly accessible experiences
• assessments related to participant practice
• participant-controlled/centred spaces
• range of expertise/participation
• immersive, experimental activities
• scaffolding and just-in-time support
• focus on alternative learning artefacts
• development of long-term learning community
75. • *this* is not going
away.
• *this* can amplify
why? what we do as
(short version)
traditional academics.
• *this* can reshape/
reinvent/reinvigorate
and greatly improve
what we do.
76. Donʼt limit a child to your own
learning, for he was born in
another time. ~Tagore
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