Free-range Learning: South/South Innovations.<http://openingscholarship.uct.ac.za/2012/03/free-range-learning-southsouth-innovations/>
Pamela Ryan, at present Executive Director to the Pro Vice Chancellor at the University of South Africa (Unisa) and founding anchor partner of the OER Tertiary Education Network cites OERu as an example of South/South innovation. Expanding on Jim Taylor's pedagogy of discovery, Pam illustrates the concept of "free range learning" and its potential for the OERu network: *"[T]he idea of free-range learning caught my attention. Playing on the idea of open learning as unconfined and not fenced in, free-range learning has an immediate appeal. Students, like chickens, can forage freely for delicious worms (of knowledge), scratch happily in the dirt (internet) and dig up whatever precious nuggets they can find.* *Chickens, I have learnt, are very social creatures with a complex language. They talk to each other in various tones and registers, excitedly, alarmingly and soothingly (when there are chicks around). They hate being alone and follow each other round the terrain in collegial groups. Students should be encouraged to observe chickens at work and play. They would learn valuable social lessons that would stand them in good stead for self-directed learning and social networking practices."* Read the full post at Opening Scholarship<http://openingscholarship.uct.ac.za/2012/03/free-range-learning-southsouth-innovations/> . -- 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 "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]
