Join our WikiEducator discussion group or Register now for free skills training.
Notice: WikiEducator will be unavailable from 22:00 UTC January 12 until 03:00 UTC January 13.

OpenEducation4Schools

From WikiEducator

Jump to: navigation, search



Contents

Precursor

Michael Pollan describes in his book "The Omnivore's Dilemma", a glass abattoir. He tells of people arriving at the glass abattoir to purchase their meat being able to see the whole operation of an animal being processed for consumption. All is witnessed - the herding and handling of livestock from the field, the humane killing of the animal, the hygienic standards of the abattoir, the butchering of the animal, dealing with waste and finally the purchasing of the meat. From beginning to end the process is allowed to be examined. Michael advocates this should be the process for all our food - open to scrutiny with nothing hidden and nothing to hide - traceable food, from conception to consumption.

Food feeds the body.

Education feeds the mind.

Using the glass abattoir concept for education:

A glass education system would be open for scrutiny from every possible angle.

A glass education system would be accessed by all regardless of age, race gender or socio-economic level; it would be available for all that desire it.

A glass education system would move beyond the sole domain of key individuals, institutions, governments or corporations.

A glass education system should be envirethical.[[1]]

Glass, clear, transparency - OPEN EDUCATION - traceable from conception to consumption.

Purpose

To connect schools who are contemplating or going on the Open Education journey

To assist schools in realising the educational opportunities that Open Education provides

To create Open Education systems in schools that are created from educationalists upwards rather than bureaucracy, government or corporate down

To promote sound educational philosophy in the use of Open Education in schools

To promote Open Education as the best path for schools and the wider learning community

See Wikipedia Article

Open Education

Open Education is about being OPEN with our students, colleagues, parents and wider community

Its about the way we view the world - open to ideas and possibilities

Its the relationships we develop that are transparent

Its our choice of communication

It gives freedom and ownership to the process of learning

Its about learning communities collaborating at a local and global level

Why Open Education

Most educators were released from their training institutions believing:

  • education and learning is linear and planned
  • education and learning is measurable
  • students must be taught a predetermined curriculum

Education was seen as transferring information in a controlled sequence, a process that eliminates context - all learners receive the same content in the same format - but fails to accommodate variations in learner needs.

Open Education allows for learners to take responsibility for their education, it allows educationalists to become more flexible with their delivery and makes the achievement of goals a product of the contextual journey rather than the sole cause.

Open education is a natural approach that is about networks rather than the line: our neural networks forms the basis of memory/knowledge and like all networks e.g brain, internet; come down to two elements - links and nodes.

The internet has changed the way we learn and that’s because of its network qualities. Open education has moved beyond the linear age of education to the non-linear and often unplanned age of networks, and therefore to the age of networked learning.

Open Education allows learners and educationalists to mix and mingle components in a collaborative manner; is open to scrutiny; has integrity at its core and allows for natural non-linear leaning while at the same time accommodates those who desire the linear path to education.

Components

Stakeholders

Retrieved from "http://www.wikieducator.org/OpenEducation4Schools"
Personal tools