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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
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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)
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Traditional formal Higher Education in the communication age
This also is definitely NOT Open Education
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The Open Educational Resource movement
If content equals education, then this IS Open Education
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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.
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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.
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• 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.
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Thank you for your attention!
Dr. Andreas Meiszner, United Nations University
UNU-MERIT [email protected]