Exactly!!! On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 6:40 AM, Wayne Mackintosh < mackintosh.wa...@gmail.com> wrote:
> In a recent > interview<http://www.scoop.it/t/open-learning-news/p/691506005/terry-anderson-and-rory-mcgreal-speak-about-athabasca-university-and-the-oeru> > in > the UK, Professor Rory McGreal highlights cost effectiveness as the key to > success of the OERu: > > > *"Cost effectiveness is the key… How do we educate these 97 million > learners … in a cost-effective manner? [OERu] .. is the first idea that > I’ve seen that practical implementation is possible. And this could work. > * > * > * > *And the way it’d work is this: if we could get a cadre, so we get ten > percent of them through, so that’s ten million students, but that means > there’s a cadre of students who’ve done it, in all these little villages > and towns all around the world, and they’re an example to the others, and > then you can build on that and build on it and build, and that’s the way > you do it. But not only that; we have developed self-motivated learners, > and that’s what you need - you need a person who is a self motivated > learner. That’s more important than anything they learn. And so we build > that up and we’re away…"* > > > -- > 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> > Mobile +64 21 2436 380 > Skype: WGMNZ1 > Twitter <http://twitter.com/#%21/Mackiwg> | > identi.ca<http://identi.ca/waynemackintosh> > Wikiblog <http://wikieducator.org/User:Mackiwg/Blog> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "OER university" group. > To post to this group, send email to oer-univers...@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > oer-university+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/oer-university?hl=en?hl=en > Visit the OER univeristy page on http://wikieducator.org/OER_university > -- Warm regards Anil http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Anil_Prasad http://www.apletters.blogspot.com -- 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 wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com
