george siemens – D’Arcy Norman dot net https://darcynorman.net no more band-aids Wed, 24 Aug 2016 23:21:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://darcynorman.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/crankforpeace3-552f33a1v1_site_icon-32x32.png george siemens – D’Arcy Norman dot net https://darcynorman.net 32 32 1067019 George Siemens’ open letter to Canadian universities https://darcynorman.net/2012/07/06/george-siemens-open-letter-to-canadian-universities/ https://darcynorman.net/2012/07/06/george-siemens-open-letter-to-canadian-universities/#comments Fri, 06 Jul 2012 19:47:20 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/?p=11725 Continue reading "George Siemens’ open letter to Canadian universities"]]> From George’s great open letter:

I propose that the top 10 Canadian universities convene a meeting to plan a MOOC response that helps us to build our competence in this space. We already have universities devoted to online learning such as Athabasca University (disclaimer: that’s where I hang out) and Thompson Rivers. Partner with those systems as design and delivery partners as they have developed the technical infrastructure and pedagogical expertise for online learning. Even a small allocation of $5-10 million by assembled universities would produce a significant impact and increase the profile of Canadian higher education.

We’ve been laggards for too long, acquiescing international students to more visionary countries (such as Australia). Now is a great time to plant the Canadian flag in the emerging education landscape. All we need is a bit of vision and a willingness to experiment.

George Siemens – Open Letter to Canadian Universities

I agree. This stuff is important, and we must work together on this. The technology is going to be, by far, the easiest part of it. The institutional cultures need to be adjusted, to allow and encourage collaboration at this level. It’s not a technology project (where collaboration often occurs already), it’s a curriculum and teaching project. That’s where collaboration gets sticky. Perhaps if it’s crafted as a partial response to the Access Copyright protection racket fiasco…

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Openness and Corporate Paywalls https://darcynorman.net/2010/08/29/openness-and-corporate-paywalls/ https://darcynorman.net/2010/08/29/openness-and-corporate-paywalls/#comments Sun, 29 Aug 2010 18:15:47 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/?p=4279 Continue reading "Openness and Corporate Paywalls"]]> [George posted a quick note](http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/2010/08/29/openness-but-only-if-its-closed/) about how an interview he gave for an article in The Chronicle of Higher Education was published. Behind a paywall. The Chronicle took an interview, freely given by everyone (except, I assume, for the paid interviewer and editor?), on the topic of openness in education, and decided to lock it behind a mechanism constructed to block access to it.

I’m not going to link to The Chronicle article (or, more accurately, anything on The Chronicle, ever), so here’s a screenshot of the short snippet of the article that they publish “openly” – I love how they cut it off in mid-sentence… Taking the **what**? I must know! Here’s my credit card number! Please! Take it!

Chronic-on-openness.jpg

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george siemens https://darcynorman.net/2009/03/11/george-siemens/ Wed, 11 Mar 2009 19:47:23 +0000 http://mindfulseeing.com/?p=1087 2009-03-11-george-siemens

presenting at the Teaching & Learning Centre, The University of Calgary on March 11 2009

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