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A Parody of the Future of Education

August 15, 2014March 23, 2010 by opencontent

In response to Dave and George’s request for thoughts about the future of education, I offer the following parody. This twisted view of the future of education is completely undesirable, and yet completely possible. What will you do to prevent it from happening?

Categories open content Tags education, future, parody, sadness 7 Comments

The Door Keeps Revolving

February 25, 2010 by opencontent

Just heard from my friend Bobbi Kurshan, the Executive Director of Curriki, that she will be leaving that post on March 1st. I wish her well. Curriki will be looking for a new ED shortly and will very much continue to stay active in the OER space (much like Hewlett has continued to do after … Read more

Categories open content Tags curriki, field, future, open education 3 Comments

Arguing About Free and the Future

June 30, 2009 by opencontent

The hype continues to build around Chris Anderson’s upcoming book, Free: The Future of a Radical Price. Malcolm Gladwell’s review “Priced to Sell: Is free the future?” in the New Yorker rubbed me the wrong way. Apparently, it rubbed Seth Godin the wrong way, too. In his response, Malcolm is Wrong, he speaks plainly so … Read more

Categories forecasting, open content Tags choice, free, future 2 Comments
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