Comments on: (Open) Educational practice and (digital) literacy

By: Sheilamacneill

Sheilamacneill — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 09:00:43 +0000

Hi Helen

Thanks for this. I agree “open” is a reasonable term to describe that process, my point was that we need to make sure that we are truly democratic in our use of it so we don’t close people off before they appreciate what aspects of what they already do are “open” and then don’t get realise the full potential of open practice and OERs.

By: Helen Beetham

Helen Beetham — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 23:37:40 +0000

Hi Sheila, arguably academic practice has always been informed by open values, e.g. repeatable experiments, open peer review, public access to learning (to those able to benefit) etc. I think the open web makes it possible to express those values on a completely new and dramatically wider scale. But of course it also makes possible the globalisation of the market in learning, and new kinds of knowledge commodification. So I think it is worth focusing on the democratising aspects of the web as it applies to learning, and ‘open’ seems a reasonable term to describe that focus.

By: Geoff rebbeck

Geoff rebbeck — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 13:08:23 +0000

I agree with the overuse or the e prefix. I think I prefer to talk about modern learning.

By: Sheilamacneill

Sheilamacneill — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 12:07:14 +0000

Thanks Frances and of course I don’t mind link to your blog. Yes agree dialogue is key to contextualise literacy in broadest sense.

By: Frances Bell

Frances Bell — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 11:49:04 +0000

Terminology/ jargon has come up as quite an issue at JISC conference http://francesbell.wordpress.com/2011/11/26/jargon-at-jisc-innovating-e-learning-2011-online-conference/ (see comments) and it’s not an easy one to address. I think efforts at clear communication are important but that real dialogue is very important for learning not just dissemination. I have been thinking about how to achieve this with my students – it’s not easy http://francesbell.wordpress.com/2011/10/21/digital-literacies-in-he-constructive-dialogue-between-teachers-and-students/

Apologies for links to 2 of my own blog posts here;)