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.

1. RIDE 2020:
Openness as a model for cooperation, not disruption
Martin Weller
IET, The Open University

2. Outline
Disruption is not your friend
Other models
A personal journey through openness
Why open education is a better model

3. TL;DR
Open practice is not about disrupting higher ed –
It is an alternative model to the disruptive narrative

4. Disruption history
Sustaining and Disruptive tech
Eg Digital photography,
Initially useful
How could Kodak disappear?
Why did Microsoft become
bigger than IBM?

5. Disruption’s problems
It became a goal
It rarely occurs
It became a Silicon Valley
myth
It was over-applied
It became meaningless

6. Disruption in education
Teachers and schools
removed
New commercial monopoly
Incumbents are incapable of
change
It’s a bad theory for education

7. Disruption’s legacy
It legitimised undermining of
labour
It dismissed existing
experience and expertise
It was uncooperative
It wasted many resources
It framed thinking

8. Disruption’s legacy

9. Alternatives should be…
Cooperative
Focused on problems
Learner centric
Seeking to support educators
A better fit with education
Emphasise social justice
….
Open education?

10. A personal journey through Open Education

11. Open Universities

12. “Open to people, places,
methods and ideas”

13. Open education as…
Force for social justice,
widening participation

14. Pre 1990s:
Open education = open universities

15. Photo by Jingyi Wang on Unsplash
With networks and digital,
new versions of open arose

16. T171
Large scale online:
T171

17. Open education as…
Model for large scale delivery
Innovation

18. Open Source VLE

19. Open education as…
Practical solution

20. https://visualthinkery.com/
Open Educational Resources: OpenLearn

21. Open education as…
Efficient model
Learner centric

22. Open educational practice: blogging

23. Open education as…
Innovation
democratising

24. MOOCS: FutureLearn, BOCs & experiments

25. Open education as…
Model for large scale delivery
Innovation

26. Open Research Practice

27. Open education as…
Community + cooperative

28. Open Access Publishing: JIME & books
https://visualthinkery.com

29. Open education as…
Sharing + equity

30. Image by Giulia Forsythe, Public Domain https://flic.kr/p/eR9rSr
UK Open
textbooks

31. Open education as…
Efficient model
Learner centric

32. Open pedagogy: YXM130, H880, OERu

33. Open education as…
Innovative
Learner centric

34. Mapping open education

35. Citation analysis network

36. 8 distinct
areas

37. It is not magic though!
Cultural imperialism
Openwashing
Open source communities
Neo-liberalism
Academic labour

38. However…Threads of openness
Sharing as 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 we use is important

40. Thank you
https://www.slideshare.net/mweller