http://www.veletsianos.com/2008/11/15/the-disintegration-of-the-real-virtual-binary/ A place to log ideas and thoughts Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:41:46 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.veletsianos.com/2008/11/15/the-disintegration-of-the-real-virtual-binary/comment-page-1/#comment-267 Measuring (and forging a path to) openness | George Veletsianos Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:22:56 +0000 http://veletsianos.wordpress.com/?p=62#comment-267 [...] More importantly however, in line with developing a Measurement of Openness in Education Systems (George’s phrase), we need to develop guidelines on becoming open thus forging a path to openness. As highlighted in the various discussions occurring at the moment surrounding “openness” (here, here, here, and here), the term and it’s meaning are somewhat mystified. To confuse you even more, I suggest that being open doesn’t necessarily mean being open, which I gather is the point behind Siemen’s latest posts.  For example, having a university-wide statement on openness is not the same as adopting and actively supporting an institutional repository or providing incentives for instructors to teach open courses. I keep returning to the shades of gray idea: We usually treat issues as if they are black or white when in actuality they are not. There is no one single notion of closed, open, virtual, real, hybrid education, online learning, constructivism, and so on. There are multiple shades of gray in much the same way that there are multiple variations on constructivism, in much the same way that virtual experiences are quite real. [...] [...] More importantly however, in line with developing a Measurement of Openness in Education Systems (George’s phrase), we need to develop guidelines on becoming open thus forging a path to openness. As highlighted in the various discussions occurring at the moment surrounding “openness” (here, here, here, and here), the term and it’s meaning are somewhat mystified. To confuse you even more, I suggest that being open doesn’t necessarily mean being open, which I gather is the point behind Siemen’s latest posts.  For example, having a university-wide statement on openness is not the same as adopting and actively supporting an institutional repository or providing incentives for instructors to teach open courses. I keep returning to the shades of gray idea: We usually treat issues as if they are black or white when in actuality they are not. There is no one single notion of closed, open, virtual, real, hybrid education, online learning, constructivism, and so on. There are multiple shades of gray in much the same way that there are multiple variations on constructivism, in much the same way that virtual experiences are quite real. [...]

]]> http://www.veletsianos.com/2008/11/15/the-disintegration-of-the-real-virtual-binary/comment-page-1/#comment-30 George Veletsianos Sat, 15 Nov 2008 15:31:01 +0000 http://veletsianos.wordpress.com/?p=62#comment-30 Nice to see you on here Tobias! Nice to see you on here Tobias!

]]> http://www.veletsianos.com/2008/11/15/the-disintegration-of-the-real-virtual-binary/comment-page-1/#comment-29 llamaman Sat, 15 Nov 2008 15:29:27 +0000 http://veletsianos.wordpress.com/?p=62#comment-29 Brilliantly stated, Professor! Brilliantly stated, Professor!

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