On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 3:05 AM, Jan Visser jvis...@learndev.org wrote:
Wayne and Kirby (others?),
I agree regarding OLPC and the (limited) practice emerging from it. It’s a
different use of the technology than what’s normally being done. Papert’s
work from a long time ago is, I assume,
On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 11:40, kirby urner kirby.ur...@gmail.com wrote:
My impression is there's a huge amount of free content if (a) you have
access to the Internet and (b) you have enough education to know how
to read and study the materials, find your peer groups, organize a
learning
Wayne and Kirby (others?),
I agree regarding OLPC and the (limited) practice emerging from it. It's a
different use of the technology than what's normally being done. Papert's
work from a long time ago is, I assume, still an inspiration for those
alternative uses. It's therefore different also
After further reading I think I understand the concept better. But it's
still the problem that even when carrying CD's around to places like the
ones I described, the assumption is that you'll find some minimal
infrastructure and equipment there that allows you to play them. But I
agree, it solves
On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 03:05, Jan Visser jvis...@learndev.org wrote:
Wayne and Kirby (others?),
I agree regarding OLPC and the (limited) practice emerging from it. It’s a
different use of the technology than what’s normally being done. Papert’s
work from a long time ago is, I assume, still
Hi Jan
You have reminded us of the range of learners to be helped. Expanding
mobile phones capabilities bypass many of the problems that you
describe and we are seeing amazing progress there.
We can be working to immediately benefit learners in less challenging
situations. There is an enormous
Hi Jan, in addition to carrying CD's around, there is a significant social
impact associated with the freedom toaster concept.
The freedom toaster alerts society to the fact that they do not need to
purchase a non-free software license in order to have a fully functional
computer system. It
This is really impressive, Wayne. WikiEducator has grown into the most
active open source online platform there is globally and it has been a
privilege to have been part of this growing community and project from
the get go. It has been an exciting journey to this point and I am
looking forward
Hi, there is one point to be added to the list;it`s to protect the victims (
teachers or educators) from the bad guys stiil conjacted to the old ways and
the archaic view of the education; some of them they do it for money and/or
security and they think there is not a better way. They should be
Hi Eliza,
That's a good point. Self-organising, peer production communities are very
different from the traditional model, hence the fear of organisations to try
it out.
Administrators and decision-makers who don't have experience of the
effectiveness and agility of self-organising systems find
Hi Kirby,
You make a good point about the potential abundance of access to digital
content. However, in reality I think we are a long way off from a world
where we have access to digital content PLUS the permissions to adapt,
modify and redistribute without restriction. Herein lies the
On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 2:17 PM, Wayne Mackintosh
mackintosh.wa...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Kirby,
You make a good point about the potential abundance of access to digital
content. However, in reality I think we are a long way off from a world
where we have access to digital content PLUS the
Hi Kirby,
Wow -- CS unplugged is very smart!!!
Any possibility of getting the course materials released under a license
that meets the requirements of the free cultural works definition? A few
essential freedoms missing in the current license being used :-(. ND NC
clauses restricting the
Hi Wayne Kirby,
Please keep us informed of the developments here - this could be a great
leadership statement, and a challenge to other CS departments 'round the
world to follow...
- Randy
On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 7:04 PM, Wayne Mackintosh
mackintosh.wa...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Kirby,
Wow --
Hi Valerie,
With thanks to dedicated WikiEducators like yourself (and hundreds of
others) -- WE, as a community, is now in a position to scale up our original
vision of developing digital OERs in support of all national curricula.
One advantage of open self organising systems is the ability to
Wayne, Eliza and others,
Here is what we are doing on WikiEducator to facilitate the process of
introducing educators to the use of technology one step at a time:
http://wikieducator.org/Integrating_Technology_for_Active_Learning
Everyone is invited to join.
Warm wishes,
Nellie Deutsch
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