Open Source Academia.

Laurie Taylor and I have recently finished an article drawing on many of the currents in thinking about Open Source and suggesting some ways to integrate those thoughts into a classroom pedagogy. C&C Online has accepted the article and published it, retroactively, in the Spring 2004 Virtual Classroom section. I'd be interested to hear any comments y'all have.

[Kairosnews - A Weblog for Discussing Rhetoric, Technology and Pedagogy]

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interesting, of course, i have just started practicing my method of open learning environment based education with my last course. i guess i should write it up somewhere.

Open Media Project Launched: “JD Lasica and Marc Canter have launched a promising new organization called Open-Media.org, and it deserves wide attention.
Here's JD's take on the subject, and here's Marc's posting. Good, important work going on here.” [Dan Gillmor's eJournal] [Universal Rule]

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it is a good idea, and it isn't the first time we've seen it. we'll see how successful this project is in comparison to other projects.

welcome to the new crusades…. bush policy is pretty clear apparently. break all commandments, and then justify it in the name of religion.

Rob linked to this article about flow and educatio …. Rob linked to this article about flow and education ages ago, but I wanted to save this quote:

“The implicit hope has been that if we discover more and more rational ways of selecting, organizing, and distributing knowledge, children will learn more effectively. Yet it seems increasingly clear that the chief impediments to learning are not cognitive in nature. It is not that students cannot learn, it is that they do not wish to.”

It's all about motivation, relevance, connections to others, meaningful networks and authentic tasks. These words all seem like the opposite of traditional education. [Jeremy Hiebert's headspaceJ -- Instructional Design and Technology]

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simple solution, don't teach those that don't want to learn, just fail them. then explain to them, what that means, not in terms of today, but in terms of their future. then, let them self-motivate.

ICC Telecoms Liberalization. An international business guide for policymakers. The International Chamber of Commerce has launched a new guide to assist countries considering embarking on the liberalization of their communications infrastructure. http://www.iccwbo.org/home/statements_rules/statements/2004/liberalization.pdf… [InternetPolicy.net]

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like energy liberalization….. probably not a great idea to let corporations, which have recently been fairly compared to sociopaths, guide policy.