Thanks Joyce- Always interesting to have a conversation with someone thousands of km away in another country. Of course it is really cool when the grassroots organizing and the direction from "on high" work in sync.
On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 2:32 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Good point Don. I have nearly given up looking for "salvation from on > high" at least in the US, but I believe firmly in grassroots organizing and > the work we are doing at wiki-educator and the OER-u is a great example of > that...even if the grass is literally spread all over the world. JMcK > > [email protected] wrote: ----- > > To: WikiEducator <[email protected]> > From: Don Beadle ** > Sent by: [email protected] > Date: 11/01/2011 04:45PM > Subject: [WikiEducator] Comments on the US College Scene: OER directions > > referencing The Chronicle of Higher Education, > http://chronicle.com/article/2-Year-Colleges-Get > Details-of/126006#top 2-Year Colleges Get Details of $2-Billion Grant > Program > > In 2009, President Obama announced his hopes that post secondary > education, at least a years worth, would again become widespread in > the USA. His program, the American Graduation Initiative, was designed > to support Community Colleges, to the tune of $50 Billion. This sum, > diminished due to various government interactions, was reduced to $2 > Billion spread over 4 years, between 2011 and 2015. The idea, > supporting institutions that are examining, refining, and improving > their practice is fine. As is the student oriented goal of providing > access to a level of education that will help the recently > dispossessed gain skills and credentials to make them more employable. > > But, the whole process is an example of how a top down approach can > get bogged down in bureaucracy and inertia. Compare this to the > international, consultative and bottom up approach of OERu. > > -- > 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] -- 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]
