[Open-education] How can we get more discussion going on the Open Education list?

Fri Apr 25 21:03:01 UTC 2014

Great ideas Fred, hopefully we can fill the gap your scholarly reading 
group left behind!

Lets take your 'question' about where people stand on openess as a 
starter for next week.

Have a good weekend everyone.

Marieke

On 25/04/2014 19:04, Fred Baker wrote:
> Marieke:
>
> I like this idea a lot. I was also briefly part of a scholarly reading 
> group based on openness that used Google +, but never really got off 
> the ground. The idea there was to propose a research paper and 
> collaboratively read and discuss it via a Google hangout. I think it 
> is a great idea and one I would like to resurrect once I finish with 
> school.
>
> I would love to take part in discussions around the very questions you 
> asked below, but would recommend considering starting off with a more 
> generic "what is openness to you" type question. For me personally, 
> this list at times seems very focused on OER, which is not something I 
> am into. However, creating a dialogue about the nature and application 
> of openness is something I think could lead to many interesting 
> conversations. I would love to discuss where everyone stands on 
> openness and learn more about how we think of it impacting our 
> professional roles.
>
> I also think Fridays are as good a time as any.
> -- 
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>
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>   On 25 Apr 2014, at 10:39, Marieke Guy<marieke.guy at okfn.org  <mailto:marieke.guy at okfn.org><mailto:
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> >>  marieke.guy at okfn.org  <mailto:marieke.guy at okfn.org>>>  wrote:
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> >>
> >>  Hi Everyone,
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> >>
> >>  It would be great to start having more discussion on the Open Education
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> >>  Mailing list - especially on aFriday!
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> >>
> >>  I was wondering if people have any ideas on ways we can do this...
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> >>
> >>  So for example we could have aFriday  question. Here are some possibles
>
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> >>  from the Open Education Handbook<
> >>  http://booktype.okfn.org/open-education-handbook/_draft/_v/1.0/why-write-an-open-education-handbook/
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> >>  >.
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> >>     *   Is traditional education not open?
> >>     *   What affect does open education have on education?
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> >>     *   Who is meant to benefit from open education?
> >>     *   Must a resource be in an open format to be open?
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> >>     *   Is a MOOC an OER?
> >>     *   What examples of open learning and practice methods are there?
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> >>     *   What is the difference between open education and open learning?
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> >>     *   What is open education data?
> >>     *   What open source open education tools are there?
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> >>
> >>  OrFriday  could be our day when everyone posts an update about a project
>
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> >>  they are working on, or an initiative they are involved with. Or even
>
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> >>  reposts interesting stuff from other working groups. Naturally it doesn't
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> >>  just have to be Fridays!
> >>
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> >>  I'm sure you all have some great ideas. This is your working group and it
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> >>  would be great if we could all get talking more!
> >>
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> >>  Any thoughts?
> >>
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>
> >>  Marieke
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> >>  --
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