http://opencontent.org/blog/archives/512 pragmatism over zeal Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:19:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 http://opencontent.org/blog/archives/512#comment-41485 Andrea Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:35:55 +0000 http://opencontent.org/blog/?p=512#comment-41485 Hi Dr. Wiley, I'm in the IPT department at BYU. I have read many of your posts but this is the first time I'm actually commenting. I really enjoyed reading this post since I just got back from Mozambique, Africa and am constantly trying to think of ways to help the people who have limited access to education. I've always been a fan of open education. I find this post so interesting, especially that last idea about taking the future of education offline. I definitely think that some of the affordances that the web offers us can probably be achieved offline. For instance, one of the affordances the internet offers is accessibility, but if you really think about it, only to those who have access to begin with. What about those with no access to the internet? If the future of open education is online, then it can't really be open since that major population of people with no internet access will be denied access to education. In one of your other posts you talk about the problem of making data portable across social networking services, maybe taking open education offline could solve some of those policy problems. I like your idea because it's made me think about open education in a different way. Hi Dr. Wiley,
I’m in the IPT department at BYU. I have read many of your posts but this is the first time I’m actually commenting. I really enjoyed reading this post since I just got back from Mozambique, Africa and am constantly trying to think of ways to help the people who have limited access to education. I’ve always been a fan of open education. I find this post so interesting, especially that last idea about taking the future of education offline. I definitely think that some of the affordances that the web offers us can probably be achieved offline. For instance, one of the affordances the internet offers is accessibility, but if you really think about it, only to those who have access to begin with. What about those with no access to the internet? If the future of open education is online, then it can’t really be open since that major population of people with no internet access will be denied access to education. In one of your other posts you talk about the problem of making data portable across social networking services, maybe taking open education offline could solve some of those policy problems. I like your idea because it’s made me think about open education in a different way.

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