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Education in an ‘Open’ future

November 19th, 2008 · 5 Comments

How can education change in a connected world?
This blog post was in answer to a question on the CCK08 forum, but I enjoyed writing it so much, I thought that I would post it here as well.
Illich identified three purposes of a good education system:

“it should provide all who want to learn with access [...]

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Tags: CCK08 · Learning Technology

A networked conversation

November 19th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Stephen Downes posted a reply to my blog post http://francesbell.com/2008/11/09/cck08-is-connectivism-a-learning-network/ at http://connect.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?post=44375.  I tried to reply there but my comment was not accepted so I am posting it here, hoping it gets picked up automatically.
I was very grateful for Stephen’s comments, as there is plenty still be ironed out (from my persective at least).  I [...]

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Tags: ALT · CCK08 · Learning Technology