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Open education as anti-disruption
1. The document discusses openness as an alternative model to disruption in higher education. It argues that open practice is not about disrupting higher education, but providing an alternative cooperative model. 2. It outlines Martin Weller's personal journey with open education, tracing the evolution of open universities, online learning, open educational resources, open educational practices, MOOCs, and more. 3. Open education is presented as a model that emphasizes cooperation, focuses on problems, is learner-centric, supports educators, and promotes social justice - providing a better fit for education than the disruptive narrative.
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- 1. RIDE 2020: Openness asa model for cooperation, not disruption Martin Weller IET, The Open University
- 2. Outline Disruption is notyour friend Other models A personal journey through openness Why open education is a better model
- 3. TL;DR Open practice isnot about disrupting higher ed – It is an alternative model to the disruptive narrative
- 4. Disruption history Sustaining andDisruptive tech Eg Digital photography, Initially useful How could Kodak disappear? Why did Microsoft become bigger than IBM?
- 5. Disruption’s problems It becamea goal It rarely occurs It became a Silicon Valley myth It was over-applied It became meaningless
- 6. Disruption in education Teachersand schools removed New commercial monopoly Incumbents are incapable of change It’s a bad theory for education
- 7. Disruption’s legacy It legitimisedundermining of labour It dismissed existing experience and expertise It was uncooperative It wasted many resources It framed thinking
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- 9. Alternatives should be… Cooperative Focusedon problems Learner centric Seeking to support educators A better fit with education Emphasise social justice …. Open education?
- 10. A personal journeythrough Open Education
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- 12. “Open to people,places, methods and ideas”
- 13. Open education as… Forcefor social justice, widening participation
- 14. Pre 1990s: Open education= open universities
- 15. Photo by JingyiWang on Unsplash With networks and digital, new versions of open arose
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- 17. Open education as… Modelfor large scale delivery Innovation
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- 19. Open education as… Practicalsolution
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- 21. Open education as… Efficientmodel Learner centric
- 22. Open educational practice:blogging
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- 24. MOOCS: FutureLearn, BOCs& experiments
- 25. Open education as… Modelfor large scale delivery Innovation
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- 27. Open education as… Community+ cooperative
- 28. Open Access Publishing:JIME & books https://visualthinkery.com
- 29. Open education as… Sharing+ equity
- 30. Image by GiuliaForsythe, Public Domain https://flic.kr/p/eR9rSr UK Open textbooks
- 31. Open education as… Efficientmodel Learner centric
- 32. Open pedagogy: YXM130,H880, OERu
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- 37. It is notmagic though! Cultural imperialism Openwashing Open source communities Neo-liberalism Academic labour
- 38. However…Threads of openness Sharingas default Adaptation is good Existing expertise is valued Route in for new voices Transparency Anti-monopoly Social justice …. A better fit for education?
- 39. The language weuse is important
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