Reflections on the New Openness:
A Digital Revolution?
Professor Mark Brown
31st July, 2013
http://www.slideshare.net/mbrownz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfkRZWFHpss
While you wait for us to start…
Take a look at this brief video…
Reflections on the New Openness:
A Digital Revolution?
Professor Mark Brown
31st July, 2013
http://www.slideshare.net/mbrownz
http://delfa.massey.ac.nz
• Innovation Hub
• Global Think-tank
• Networked Community
• International Consultancy
• Engine for New Learning Futures
• Leading International Advisory Board
AboutDELFA…
DEANZ…
A quick survey…
• Who is from the tertiary sector?
• Who is from the schooling sector?
• Who is from the private sector?
• Who is from the early childhood sector?
A
Digital
Revolution
or Evolution?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfkRZWFHpss
The power of openness…
Openness is the space where ideas can have sex!
“The openness movement is a bit like
teenage sex. Everybody says they're doing
it but no one really is. And those who are
doing it aren't doing it very well."
1.What is openness?
2. What is the significance?
3.What are the competing drivers?
Outline…
Key message…
“The web of our life is of a mingled yarn,
good and ill together...”
William Shakespeare,
All's Well That Ends Well, Act 4, Scene 3
Questions…
“A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.”
Francis Bacon
• Open living
• Open source
• Open access
• Open educational resources
• Open courses
CONFUSION
Openness is the new normal….
1. What is openness?
http://www.ted.com/talks/don_tapscott_four_principles_for_the_open_world_1.html
1. Collaboration
1. Transparency
2. Sharing
3. Empowerment
Principles…
1. What is openness?
Questions…
“A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.”
Francis Bacon
2. What isthe significance?
• It‟s changing our lives…
• It‟s changing our institutions…
1983 2013
Long ago people danced at concerts, now they
video, share, click and tweet!
Source: KPCB Internet Trends 2013
2. What isthe significance?
Source: KPCB Internet Trends 2013
2. What isthe significance?
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SuNx0UrnEo&feature=youtu.be
2. What isthe significance?
2. What isthe significance?
The economics of abundance
The OER movement…
2. What isthe significance?
2. What isthe significance?
2. What isthe significance?
2. What isthe significance?
2. What isthe significance?
2. What isthe significance?
2. What isthe significance?
2. What isthe significance?
2. What isthe significance?
2. What isthe significance?
FOMO
2. What isthe significance?
The traditional educational institutionis being
chiseled away by powerful global forces
and new business models as a multitude
ofalternativeproviders emerge.
What does all this mean?
2. What isthe significance?
3. What are the competing
drivers?
“It is the theory that decides what we
can observe…”
Albert Einstein
3. What are the competing
drivers?
Knowledge Society
Knowledge Economy
• Online learning
• Blended learning
• Anytime, anywhere learning
Major competing discourses…
E-learning •
Distance education •
Technology-enhanced learning •
Different interest groups and stakeholders borrow the
same „language of persuasion‟to legitimize their own hegemonic agenda
Open nesss
Knowledge Society
Knowledge Economy
Reproduction
• Mass education
• Universal standards
• Education as a commodity
• Increased market competition
Major competing discourses…
Different interest groups and stakeholders borrow the
same „language of persuasion‟to legitimize their own hegemonic agenda
• Online learning
• Blended learning
• Anytime, anywhere learning
E-learning •
Distance education •
Technology-enhanced learning •
Open nesss
Knowledge Society
Knowledge Economy
Reschooling Reproduction
• xMOOCs
• New pedagogies
• Real world learning
• Education in change
• Mass education
• Universal standards
• Education as a commodity
• Increased market competition
Major competing discourses…
• Online learning
• Blended learning
• Anytime, anywhere learning
E-learning •
Distance education •
Technology-enhanced learning •
Different interest groups and stakeholders borrow the
same „language of persuasion‟to legitimize their own hegemonic agenda
Open nesss
Knowledge Society
Knowledge Economy
Deschooling
Reschooling Reproduction
• PLE
• cMOOCs
• Un-curriculum
• Life-long learning
• Mass education
• Universal standards
• Education as a commodity
• Increased market competition
Major competing discourses…
• xMOOCs
• New pedagogies
• Real world learning
• Education in change
• Online learning
• Blended learning
• Anytime, anywhere learning
E-learning •
Distance education •
Technology-enhanced learning •
Different interest groups and stakeholders borrow the
same „language of persuasion‟to legitimize their own hegemonic agenda
Open nesss
Reconceptualist
Knowledge Society
Knowledge Economy
Deschooling
Reschooling Reproduction
• Being glocal
• Digital citizenship
• Socially just society
• Education for change
• xMOOCs
• New pedagogies
• Real world learning
• Education in change
• Mass education
• Universal standards
• Education as a commodity
• Increased market competition
Major competing discourses…
• PLE
• cMOOCs
• Un-curriculum
• Life-long learning
• Online learning
• Blended learning
• Anytime, anywhere learning
E-learning •
Distance education •
Technology-enhanced learning •
Different interest groups and stakeholders borrow the
same „language of persuasion‟to legitimize their own hegemonic agenda
Open nesss
Conclusion
“We shape our dwellings
and afterwards our dwellings shape us”
Conclusion
“We tend to overestimatethe effect of a technology in
the short run and underestimate the effect in the
long run.”
Amara‟s Law
Conclusion
A conclusion is the place
where you got tired of thinking
Conclusion
“He [she] who asks a question
is a fool for five minutes; he [she] who
does not ask a question remains a fool forever.”
Chinese Proverb
Conclusion

Reflections on the new Openness: A Digital Revolution?

  • 1.
    Reflections on theNew Openness: A Digital Revolution? Professor Mark Brown 31st July, 2013 http://www.slideshare.net/mbrownz
  • 2.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfkRZWFHpss While you waitfor us to start… Take a look at this brief video…
  • 3.
    Reflections on theNew Openness: A Digital Revolution? Professor Mark Brown 31st July, 2013 http://www.slideshare.net/mbrownz
  • 4.
    http://delfa.massey.ac.nz • Innovation Hub •Global Think-tank • Networked Community • International Consultancy • Engine for New Learning Futures • Leading International Advisory Board AboutDELFA…
  • 5.
  • 6.
    A quick survey… •Who is from the tertiary sector? • Who is from the schooling sector? • Who is from the private sector? • Who is from the early childhood sector?
  • 8.
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    Openness is thespace where ideas can have sex!
  • 14.
    “The openness movementis a bit like teenage sex. Everybody says they're doing it but no one really is. And those who are doing it aren't doing it very well."
  • 15.
    1.What is openness? 2.What is the significance? 3.What are the competing drivers? Outline…
  • 16.
    Key message… “The webof our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together...” William Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well, Act 4, Scene 3
  • 17.
    Questions… “A prudent questionis one-half of wisdom.” Francis Bacon
  • 18.
    • Open living •Open source • Open access • Open educational resources • Open courses CONFUSION Openness is the new normal…. 1. What is openness?
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    Questions… “A prudent questionis one-half of wisdom.” Francis Bacon
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    2. What isthesignificance? • It‟s changing our lives… • It‟s changing our institutions…
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    1983 2013 Long agopeople danced at concerts, now they video, share, click and tweet! Source: KPCB Internet Trends 2013 2. What isthe significance?
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    Source: KPCB InternetTrends 2013 2. What isthe significance?
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    2. What isthesignificance?
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    The economics ofabundance The OER movement… 2. What isthe significance?
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    2. What isthesignificance?
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    2. What isthesignificance?
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    2. What isthesignificance?
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    2. What isthesignificance?
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    2. What isthesignificance?
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    2. What isthesignificance?
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    2. What isthesignificance?
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    2. What isthesignificance?
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    2. What isthesignificance?
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    FOMO 2. What isthesignificance?
  • 37.
    The traditional educationalinstitutionis being chiseled away by powerful global forces and new business models as a multitude ofalternativeproviders emerge. What does all this mean? 2. What isthe significance?
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    3. What arethe competing drivers?
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    “It is thetheory that decides what we can observe…” Albert Einstein 3. What are the competing drivers?
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    Knowledge Society Knowledge Economy •Online learning • Blended learning • Anytime, anywhere learning Major competing discourses… E-learning • Distance education • Technology-enhanced learning • Different interest groups and stakeholders borrow the same „language of persuasion‟to legitimize their own hegemonic agenda Open nesss
  • 41.
    Knowledge Society Knowledge Economy Reproduction •Mass education • Universal standards • Education as a commodity • Increased market competition Major competing discourses… Different interest groups and stakeholders borrow the same „language of persuasion‟to legitimize their own hegemonic agenda • Online learning • Blended learning • Anytime, anywhere learning E-learning • Distance education • Technology-enhanced learning • Open nesss
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    Knowledge Society Knowledge Economy ReschoolingReproduction • xMOOCs • New pedagogies • Real world learning • Education in change • Mass education • Universal standards • Education as a commodity • Increased market competition Major competing discourses… • Online learning • Blended learning • Anytime, anywhere learning E-learning • Distance education • Technology-enhanced learning • Different interest groups and stakeholders borrow the same „language of persuasion‟to legitimize their own hegemonic agenda Open nesss
  • 43.
    Knowledge Society Knowledge Economy Deschooling ReschoolingReproduction • PLE • cMOOCs • Un-curriculum • Life-long learning • Mass education • Universal standards • Education as a commodity • Increased market competition Major competing discourses… • xMOOCs • New pedagogies • Real world learning • Education in change • Online learning • Blended learning • Anytime, anywhere learning E-learning • Distance education • Technology-enhanced learning • Different interest groups and stakeholders borrow the same „language of persuasion‟to legitimize their own hegemonic agenda Open nesss
  • 44.
    Reconceptualist Knowledge Society Knowledge Economy Deschooling ReschoolingReproduction • Being glocal • Digital citizenship • Socially just society • Education for change • xMOOCs • New pedagogies • Real world learning • Education in change • Mass education • Universal standards • Education as a commodity • Increased market competition Major competing discourses… • PLE • cMOOCs • Un-curriculum • Life-long learning • Online learning • Blended learning • Anytime, anywhere learning E-learning • Distance education • Technology-enhanced learning • Different interest groups and stakeholders borrow the same „language of persuasion‟to legitimize their own hegemonic agenda Open nesss
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    “We shape ourdwellings and afterwards our dwellings shape us” Conclusion
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    “We tend tooverestimatethe effect of a technology in the short run and underestimate the effect in the long run.” Amara‟s Law Conclusion
  • 48.
    A conclusion isthe place where you got tired of thinking Conclusion
  • 49.
    “He [she] whoasks a question is a fool for five minutes; he [she] who does not ask a question remains a fool forever.” Chinese Proverb Conclusion

Editor's Notes

  • #7 Annual Plan Goal 50% reduction
  • #19 Annual Plan Goal 50% reduction