Part of the narrative i really like to comment on is that Education systems that were designed in the 19th century had to work around a limitation that was contextual: a dearth of contents/knowledge. This had at least two very concrete consequences: 1) the teacher had to "carry with him" his knowledge, and students had no recourse but to trust/accept him as definitive that one source of knowledge. 2) Printed materials were scarce, access was toilsome, and were made to be absolute.
These two assumptions have been dramatically called to question in the 21st century: Scarcity of contents/knowledge is no longer a concern (as long as you have a device and can connect to the Internet). This takes us to the question: How do we design learning experiences that are befitting when considering this new (and unexpected/unforeseen) context? (Wikipedia assignments, of course) :) Vahid. On Wed, Mar 28, 2018 at 9:36 PM, Gina Bennett <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for your diligence, Vahid. The Canadian postsecondary system is > pretty sticky about copyright issues (TOO sticky sometimes, IMO) so I > appreciate the warning. I'll build my own slides using some of yours as > inspiration & we will be sure to "keep it clean," copyright-wise. > > I think many educators still consider, deep down, that access to knowledge > should not be too easy. There's this sort of view that both access & > contribution to knowledge is a privilege rather than a right. That's why I > really like your 'socio-political' slide that asks the question "Who has > the right to generate and publish knowledge?" > > I'll look forward to seeing your cleaned-up version in the Commons for the > Open Education Global Conference. > > All the best, > Gina > > On 28 March 2018 at 12:36, Vahid Masrour <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I'm afraid i made the original version of this presentation with too > little > > care for licenses, so thank you for making me take notice of that aspect. > > > > This is the closest presentation that has several of the slides: > > https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/02/ > > Reaching_out_to_educational_Institutions.pdf > > > > > > I would suggest you take the elements that make sense to you and create > > your own slide deck from these if you want to use them in the immediate > > term. I will work on an updated and cleaned-up version and post it to > > Commons in the next couple of weeks, since i am preparing a presentation > > for the Open Education Global Conference, which will take place in late > > April. > > > > Best Regards, > > > > Vahid. > > > > On Wed, Mar 28, 2018 at 12:48 PM, Pen-Yuan Hsing <[email protected] > > > > wrote: > > > > > Thanks Vahid for your presentation, I love your slides! > > > Sorry if I missed it, but I wasn't able to find any license attached to > > > your presentation so I can't share or use it. Do you mind releasing it > > > under CC BY or CC BY-SA and maybe upload it to the Wikimedia Commons? > > > Thanks! > > > - Pen > > > > > > > > > On 28/03/18 18:22, Vahid Masrour wrote: > > > > > >> Try again without the "[", "]" in the subject line. We are not sure > why, > > >> but the filter is finicky regarding special characters in the subject > > >> line. > > >> > > >> Glad to read you found the presentation useful. If you want a more > > >> detailed > > >> explanation of the slides, let me know! > > >> > > >> Thanks for taking the initiative of creating the page on outreach > wiki! > > >> Let's build it up with what we find is essential to convey to > educators > > >> (what "they need to know" and "what works when talking to educators"). > > >> > > >> Best Regards, > > >> > > >> Vahid. > > >> > > >> On Wed, Mar 28, 2018 at 12:11 PM, Gina Bennett < > [email protected]> > > >> wrote: > > >> > > >> hi Vahid > > >>> > > >>> Thanks so much for this! I agree - the Mythbuster section in > particular > > >>> has some slides very relevant to what I want to convey. > > >>> > > >>> I definitely haven't finalized my presentation yet ... it is still > > almost > > >>> a month away & you can be sure I won't have finalized it until the > last > > >>> minute ;-) > > >>> > > >>> I was thinking it might be useful to collect all the great resources > & > > >>> ideas contributed by members of this mailing list, into one place so > > that > > >>> others can more easily access them. So I went to this page on the > > >>> Wikimedia > > >>> Education resource page (https://outreach.wikimedia.or > > >>> g/wiki/Education/Working_with_educators) & just added a line to get > > the > > >>> ball rolling. I will try to > > >>> flesh this out 'just as soon as the rush is over.' > > >>> > > >>> Thanks again, > > >>> Gina > > >>> > > >>> ------------ > > >>> PS: I tried sending the above message to the mailing list but it was > > >>> turned back "Message rejected by filter rule match" > > >>> ------------ > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> On 27 March 2018 at 11:11, Vahid Masrour <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > >>> > > >>> Hi Gina! > > >>>> > > >>>> I know i'm late in the thread, and it seems you have a sound plan, > but > > >>>> just > > >>>> in case you're still putting your slides together, allow me to share > > >>>> this: > > >>>> > > >>>> https://goo.gl/Dlzdsj > > >>>> > > >>>> The Mythbuster section in particular might be aligned with some of > the > > >>>> things you are trying to explain. > > >>>> > > >>>> Best Regards, > > >>>> > > >>>> Vahid. > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >> > > >> > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Education mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Vahid Masrour > > Community Capacity Manager, Wikipedia Education Program > > [email protected] > > https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education > > _______________________________________________ > > Education mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education > > > _______________________________________________ > Education mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education > -- Vahid Masrour Community Capacity Manager, Wikipedia Education Program [email protected] https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education _______________________________________________ Education mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education
