Comments on: Background Info on Open Education http://flexknowlogy.learningfield.org/2009/01/10/background-info-on-open-education/ Jared Stein's archived blog on education, technology, culture, and the web Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:41:56 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: David Wiley http://flexknowlogy.learningfield.org/2009/01/10/background-info-on-open-education/comment-page-1/#comment-290 David Wiley Sun, 25 Jan 2009 20:36:58 +0000 http://flexknowlogy.learningfield.org/?p=259#comment-290 "It is tempting to generalize all the institutions that have followed MIT’s trailblazing example, and even joined the OpenCourseWare Consortium, as proponents of open education, but that may not always be the case." Too true! This goes to motivation issues we talked about afterward... Not everyone who jumps on the bandwagon looking to be included in the news stories is actually committed to the movement. “It is tempting to generalize all the institutions that have followed MIT’s trailblazing example, and even joined the OpenCourseWare Consortium, as proponents of open education, but that may not always be the case.”

Too true! This goes to motivation issues we talked about afterward… Not everyone who jumps on the bandwagon looking to be included in the news stories is actually committed to the movement.

]]> By: On Open, distance, e-learning and other name confusion | Virtual Canuck http://flexknowlogy.learningfield.org/2009/01/10/background-info-on-open-education/comment-page-1/#comment-289 On Open, distance, e-learning and other name confusion | Virtual Canuck Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:16:31 +0000 http://flexknowlogy.learningfield.org/?p=259#comment-289 [...] and this post, will likely be yet one more. It is intriguing to note that recent posts on the history of open education have completely neglected the earlier debate and begin with the relatively recent Open Educational [...] [...] and this post, will likely be yet one more. It is intriguing to note that recent posts on the history of open education have completely neglected the earlier debate and begin with the relatively recent Open Educational [...]

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