Brent, I do like the idea of a reading list / discussion group.
We're doing some work (or will do so) on WikiGovernance, and this seems like a really good activity to try out. If we can get the Dim Dim thing going, once the conversation around the reading list reaches a critical point, a 'meeting of minds' could be in order. Thanks! Randy ________ Randy Fisher - aka "WikiRandy for WikiEducator" iCentro Networks Vancouver, BC +1 604.684.2275 www.icentronetworks.com www.hirerandy.com Skype / Gmail / Yahoo: wikirandy ----- Original Message ---- From: mackiwg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: WikiEducator <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, November 2, 2007 4:35:31 PM Subject: [WikiEducator] Re: Wikiversity Reading Group - Ivan Illich "Deschooling Society" Hi Brent, Speaking under correction, I think Mark Twain is on record as saying that he would not let schooling interfere with his education. If I look at the challenges facing education on our planet, in all honesty I don't see conventional shool systems associated with the industrialisation of society making a difference in most parts of the developing world. Considerer for example that 76% of the age cohort for the senior secondary phase in Sib-Saharan Africa will not have the privileged of a school education - I don't see how conventional schooling models will have a chance in tackling this problem. So I think that your reading group on Illich's "Deschooling Society" is very timely. (Just a little disappointed that WikiEd didn't pioneer this idea ..;-( ) Brent I'm going to be travelling over the next weeks and will do my best to keep up with the group. This is a very significant discussion. Can I ask that you keep the WIkiEd community informed of the major threads and ideas in the book forum - perhaps we could set up some rss feed or something. Congrats on a great idea. I wish I had more time! Cheers Wayne On Nov 2, 4:12 pm, Brent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Kathy... > > it's basically a reading group for a text by Illich called "Deschooling > Society" - its a text that is oft referred to by people interested in large > scale educational wikis and ideas around networked learning. The group has > nothing to do with the core practice of WikiEducator, but may have some > insight into how we're moving these types of initiatives forward -- its > basically just to explore what Illich is talking about; perhaps it is just a > bunch of words, or perhaps things like WikiEducator and Wikiversity are > strategies that Illich would have liked. Please ignore if it's not your cup > of tea. > > brent. > > On 11/3/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > No offense but the link, the discussion group, nor the final link on > > deschooling do not make a point for the reader. > > > I'm more of the Direct Instruction/Core Knowledge group which > > involves, like, the writing of curriculum that is efficient and > > effective. > > > I have no idea of what the deschooling people want to put forward, > > other than a bunch of words.. > > > -Kathy > > > Quoting brent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > Some of you may know that I also have one foot in another large scale > > > educational wiki that shares similar goals to that of WikiEducator - > > > Wikiversity. I've recently started a Reading Group on Wikiversity to > > > discuss and explore the ideas in Ivan Illich's "Deschooling Society" > > > and in particular I'm sure we'll be looking at the text in relation to > > > these two wiki projects, WikiEducator and Wikiversity. If you're > > > interested please feel free to comment or join the group here: > > >http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Ivan_Illich:_Deschooling_Society > > > > brent. > > > > a.k.a on Wikiversity:http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/User:Countrymike > > -- > --------------------------------http://digitalsynapse.co.nzhttp://greymatter.co.nz > -------------------------------- __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
