I agree with PR, Yet, I also think that there is a role for service organizations that are already trusted in local communities to take on the role of "vetting" and "certification". This is what we are doing with Open Education related to Local Food Systems now...
On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 10:39 AM, Randy Fisher <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All, > > Interesting points - maybe we have to open another front in the drive to > embracing open education - PR. Perhaps amongst us, we can find PR friends of > open education, and help the wheels turn a bit faster.. I'm thinking opinion > pieces news items, articles, promotions, events, etc. .These PR friends can > be in any country, in any language....all of it can help...:-) > > - Randy > > On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 9:58 AM, valerie <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Sam got this right, especially in US education - Right now people >> "trust" the "brand" of MIT - the infallibility of anything that costs >> a lot of money and has a great PR department. >> >> Wikipedia, Connexions, MERLOT are free, so most of my colleagues are >> unwilling to consider these as academically rigorous. This is a >> surprisingly big hurdle to overcome. Students are having to drop out >> of school because everything is so expense - $100-150 textbooks, >> $30-50 course packs, even though their tuition is essentially free - >> California community college s about $20 per unit. >> >> But like the man said - Times, they are a changin... >> >> ..Valerie >> >> >> On Nov 15, 6:20 am, Samuel Rose <[email protected]> wrote: >> > > > > -- > Open Education is a sustainable and renewable resource. > > ________________ > Randy Fisher, MA, OMD > Senior Consultant & Facilitator, Intersol Group, Canada > > Senior Consultant, Organization & Business Development > International Centre for Open Education / OER Foundation, New Zealand > > Elected Member, WikiEducator Community Council, www.wikieducator.org > +1 613.230.6424 x144 (EST) > Skype: wikirandy > Twitter: wikirandy > > * Stakeholder Engagement, Change / Transition Management & Performance > * Organization Design & Development > * Sustainable Project Implementation & Community-Building > * E-Learning, Online Collaboration & Communities of Practice > * Coaching & Facilitation > * My Bio: http://www.communitybuildingexpert.com > > > > > -- -- Sam Rose Social Synergy Tel:+1(517) 639-1552 Cel: +1-(517)-974-6451 skype: samuelrose email: [email protected] http://socialsynergyweb.com http://socialsynergyweb.org/culturing http://flowsbook.panarchy.com/ http://socialmediaclassroom.com http://localfoodsystems.org http://notanemployee.net http://communitywiki.org "The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition." - Carl Sagan --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
