eclectic, pragmatic, enthusiastic
Yesterday Michael tweeted: @opencontent Would be grateful for your input to this conversation: http://bit.ly/dzECrZ He’s referring to a thread of conversation around Anya’s new book, DIY U: Edupunks, Edupreneurs, and the Coming Transformation of Higher Education. In his initial post, Michael says, Don’t get me wrong; I don’t think the DIY U vision is a … Read more
I love these longer, more thoughtful discussions… The Reverend contributes to the latest round of the conversation about “openness:” The larger question in my mind is that what is under girding this discussion is an even more insidious logic than a denatured sense of open, and that’s a sense of entitled leadership. Fact is, the … Read more
George has written a thoughtful post about issues with OCW 1.0 projects titled Utah State OpenCourseWare, lowriders, and system design. A few quotes and then some response: Utah State University has announced the closure of its OpenCourseWare initiative due to budget woes. I call nonsense (or BS). Apparently OCW needed $120,000 per year. Given the … Read more