The Why and How of Open Education: Introduction
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The Why and How of Open Education Workshop. http://okcon.org/2011/programme/the-why-and-how-of-open-education-concepts-and-practices OKCon – The 6th Annual Open Knowledge Conference 30th June – 1st July 2011, Berlin – Germany (http://okcon.org/2011) Online notes of the sessions are available from: http://typewith.me/okcon2011-openeducation
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The Why and How of Open Education: Introduction
- 1. Open Education A brief introduction By: Dr. Andreas Meiszner, United Nations University UNU-MERIT – The Netherlands Workshop on “The Why and How of Open Education: Concepts and Practices” OKCon 2011, June 31st – Berlin, Germany
- 4. Traditional formal class based Higher Education This is definitely NOT Open Education --- OK, it might be Open in the sense that students can exercise their right of Free Speech (and accept bad grades in return)
- 5. Traditional formal Higher Education in the communication age This also is definitely NOT Open Education
- 6. The Open Educational Resource movement If content equals education, then this IS Open Education
- 7. The emergence of Free / Open Courses If content and learning together with formally enrolled students – but without teacher support, with no assessment and with no certification IS STILL EDUCATION, then this IS Open Education.
- 8. The emergence of Free / Open Universities ?!? If content, learning together with others, support by volunteering teachers and assessment through those, but no certification IS STILL EDUCATION, then this IS Open Education.
- 9. • How we define Open Education depends on how we define Education. • In many societies Education equals to obtaining Formal Degrees or Certifications. • If Formal Degrees or Certifications are indeed the relevant criterion that defines Education, then Open Education pretty much the same then Closed traditional formal education as we know it – except that it is not “Closed”, but “Open”. • Luckily there are more shades then “black” and “white”, and the same likely holds valid for Education.
- 11. Thank you for your attention! Dr. Andreas Meiszner, United Nations University UNU-MERIT meiszner@merit.unu.edu