[Open-education] Friday Chat: Is traditional education not open?

Fri May 30 08:22:52 UTC 2014

There is a question on this in the Open Education Handbook 
<http://booktype.okfn.org/open-education-handbook/_draft/_v/1.0/is-traditional-education-not-open/>. 
The answer is currently:

Traditional education was not open to all, and did not strive to be. 
Open education is not open to all, or rather, not all initiatives within 
open education are currently open to all, but inclusivity (or more 
accurately, equality) is core to open education.

*Resources*

  * An open education not ready to be open: Reflections on the tensions
    between open education and traditional schooling
    <https://medium.com/philosophy-logic/an-open-education-not-ready-to-be-open-5218003865a1>
    by Jasmine Tsal
  * Traditional vs. Open Education
    <http://fote-conference.com/2011/08/23/traditional-vs-open-education/>
    - Discussion from FOTE conference

So is inclusivity (or more accurately, equality) core to open education? 
What about equity? Does it have a role to play? How does this relate to 
last week's discussion on participation? Is traditional education 
(whatever that is) striving to be more open?

Any thoughts?

Marieke

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