This document discusses open education and a learner's journey through learning. It questions traditional models of education and explores how open education resources can support learners' varying contexts and self-actualization. While learners understand their own skills and goals, they may not know the best path to reach them. The document proposes the idea of open certification and generating meaningful knowledge from information through understanding learner context. It encourages further discussion on economic models and traditional methods for open education.

1. Open Education A Learner’s Journey Image accessed from http://www.acmi.net.au/dreamscometrue.aspx 28/03/2011 Lindy Klein Director, Lingering Pty Ltd lindy@weblingering.com

2. Who is best qualified to know the needs of the learner? Image available from http://sxc.hu- 1193476_38811845-dark-question-3-svilen001

3. Are these the only places learning can happen?

4. Traditionally… School Higher education Career But what about different learning journeys? School Career?? Work Relationships Higher education Complications

5. What about the learner’s context? The learner’s context is their environment, their social situation, their motivations for learning. Without context, how do we construct meaningful knowledge from the information surrounding us?

7. How do we support the self-actualisation of those learners?

9. But: Learner’s don’t always know the best way to get where they want to go! Image downloaded from http://sxc.hu - 1101338_13614520-lost3-lusi

10. A learner’s story... Image accessed from http://www.acmi.net.au/dreamscometrue.aspx 28/03/2011

11. How can we conceive Open Certification? Image downloaded from http://www.aussielifecoaching.com.au/be-a-life-coach-for-your-teen.html, 14th February 2011

12. What are the issues? Image downloaded from http://www.aussielifecoaching.com.au/be-a-life-coach-for-your-teen.html, 14thFebruary 2011 Economic models? Traditional methods? Open for discussion! http://www.wsis-community.org/pg/groups/14358/open-educational-resources-oer/

13. Thank you! Lindy Klein, e: lindy@weblingering www.lindyklein.com Comments? Questions? Continue the discussion online at: http://www.editlib.org/previewc/33546 View this presentation again at Slideshare.net...