On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 2:42 PM, Wayne Mackintosh <[email protected] > wrote:
> Hi Kirby, > > Absolutely! I Agree -- I think the open web is the Global U -- it will > continue to grow, innovate and flourish as a non-institutional phenomenon > and should be preserved and protected imho. > > I'm thinking of Planet Earth as our Global U. When I see students languishing in substandard housing, eating substandard food, I think: what a broken curriculum! Goes back to Herbert Marshall McLuhan and has Global Village (Global V). We might as well equate them, at the literary level. Global U = Global Village = Spaceship Earth etc. I've recently been in touch with an influential McLuhanite about doing that more concertedly: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/synergeo/message/63780 In defining the Global U (in terms of Food Services etc.) we're also brainstorming new curriculum writing (a positive feedback loop). > The concept of the "OER University" is not a replacement for the "Global U" > -- just a node of formal institutions in the ecosystem who want to > collaborate and provide formal credit for "informal OER" learning. The "OER > University" will gift all its learning resources back to the global > community as free content for the continued support and growth of the Global > U. > > Cheers > Wayne > > > At the heart of the Global U is this institution we call The Library. With the invention of digital technology, the idea of "borrow and return" has been replace by simply "making and keeping a copy". This is disruptive to the status quo, which is all about scarcity. There's still scarcity of course (of gold and silver, of safe drinking water), but to create scarcity artificially because we can't figure out how to really take advantage of our new capabilities... that's symptomatic of our broken (sinful, unethical) curriculum. This spanking new Global U Library is a puzzler for economics teachers. I don't think they get it yet. Kirby > > > > > On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 11:26 AM, kirby urner <[email protected]>wrote: > >> My rhetoric for a number of years has featured our Global U (global >> university). That's a metaphor though, on the level of Spaceship Earth -- >> which is only a metaphor in the sense that humans did not architect / >> implement this particular "spaceship" (or "spherical campus" if you will). >> >> It's good to have a non-institutional backdrop to establish "prior art" >> lest any confused person think they have a lock on the "global university" >> idea. >> >> Kirby >> >> >> On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 2:14 PM, Wayne Mackintosh < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi Richard >>> >>> Yes the Tapscott & Williams paper encompasses a number of thoughts and >>> ideas for the "OER university" -- now to mainstream this. Thanks for posting >>> this to the list :-). >>> >>> The Peoples-uni is an exemplar initiative of the power of volunteerism >>> combined with open content licensing. Hopefully we can start scaling >>> institutional buy-in and formal credit for "informal OER learners". Already >>> Otago Polytechnic and USQ are moving down this path, others have expressed >>> keen interest and we are serious about getting this right. >>> >>> We're hosting a strategic planning meeting in Dunedin on 23 Feb 2011. >>> Organisations and individuals who are committed to building sustainable OER >>> ecosystems are welcome to join us. Those who can't attend in person, can >>> watch and collaborate on building these futures. All planning will be done >>> openly in the wiki: >>> http://wikieducator.org/OER_for_Assessment_and_Credit_for_Students >>> >>> Onwards ... >>> >>> Cheers >>> Wayne >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 5:14 PM, Richard Heller <[email protected] >>> > wrote: >>> >>>> Supporting Wayne's thesis is an interesting contribution from Tapscott >>>> and Williams - Innovating the 21st century university: It's time! at >>>> http://www.educause.edu/EDUCAUSE+Review/EDUCAUSEReviewMagazineVolume45/Innovatingthe21stCenturyUniver/195370and >>>> similar in their Macro Wikieconomics new book. >>>> Delighted to support the idea of a planning meeting to get the idea >>>> moving . At Peoples-uni (http://peoples-uni.org) we use OER for Masters >>>> level education in Public Health, with a faculty from 19 countries and >>>> students from 30 - but have also found institutional buy-in almost >>>> impossible (we use a 'social model' staffed by volunteers). >>>> Dick >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> Topic: Transcending OER's "valley of death" -- From OER advocacy to >>>>> mainstream >>>>> adoption.<http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator/t/afe33eb990804955> >>>>> >>>>> Wayne Mackintosh <[email protected]> Dec 08 03:58PM +1300 >>>>> >>>>> ^<#12ccd4cbeb9327be_12ccd3e8598e1ce2_12ccd33808512485_12cc9568fddd0581_12cc8ca5fda7cc9c_digest_top> >>>>> >>>>> Hi Everyone, >>>>> >>>>> Stephen Downe's is absolutely right: "The dichotomy is not between >>>>> proprietary content and open content, ... but between >>>>> institutionally >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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] >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Wayne Mackintosh <http://wikieducator.org/User:Mackiwg>, Ph.D. >>> Director OER Foundation <http://www.oerfoundation.org> >>> Director, International Centre for Open Education, >>> Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand. >>> Founder and elected Community Council Member, >>> Wikieducator<http://www.wikieducator.org%20> >>> Mobile +64 21 2436 380 >>> Skype: WGMNZ1 >>> Twitter <http://twitter.com/#%21/Mackiwg> | >>> identi.ca<http://identi.ca/waynemackintosh> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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] >>> >> >> -- >> 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] >> > > > > -- > Wayne Mackintosh <http://wikieducator.org/User:Mackiwg>, Ph.D. > Director OER Foundation <http://www.oerfoundation.org> > Director, International Centre for Open Education, > Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand. > Founder and elected Community Council Member, > Wikieducator<http://www.wikieducator.org%20> > Mobile +64 21 2436 380 > Skype: WGMNZ1 > Twitter <http://twitter.com/#%21/Mackiwg> | > identi.ca<http://identi.ca/waynemackintosh> > > -- > 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] > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. 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