[Oer-community] A reflection

[rory]

Fairdeh,
I don't think that any one pedagogy would suit the various regions of 
Canada, nor even learners in any one region of our country, so for the 
different countries, regions and cultures, I respectfully suggest that 
we think in terms of opening up to a wide range of pedagogies.
The question that needs a response for me is this:
There are 100s of millions of learners around the world who are capable 
of  post-secondary education, but who do not presently have access or 
cannot afford it, but are capable.
How can we educate them or help them to educate themselves 
cost-effectively with quality?

To the extent that the OER movement, the mapping, the OERu  and other 
initiatives support this goal, I do also. Others might focus on basic 
literacy or elementary/secondary education and that is needed too. I 
think that OER can form part of the solution to many questions. Not just 
one.

All the best.
Rory

On 12-11-16 11:53 PM, f.mashayekh wrote:
> Dear Stephan,
>
> Indeed,this is the right  question which is   raised,as Stephan remind 
> us:"If technology is the answer ,then what is the question?The 
> question ,as I understand , the pedagogy.
>
> In our complex and digitally connected world,there is need for 
> a*global pedagogy* to assist  technology.And this is the real 
> *responsibility of an efficient oer- community.*
> By efficient  I mean:being pusher theoretically,and doer practically 
> towards solving one of the collective bottlenecks in our respective 
> countries,towards a sustainable world..
>
> with best regards,
>
>
> Farideh Mashayekh
> Strategic consultant in educational planning & pedagogy
> http://www.pedagogy.ir/
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From*: "Stephen Downes" <Stephen.Downes at nrc-cnrc.gc.ca>
> *Sent*: Saturday, November 17, 2012 6:34 AM
> *To*: "oer-community" <oer-community at athabascau.ca>, "Lentell, Helen 
> M." <hml13 at leicester.ac.uk>
> *Subject*: Re: [Oer-community] A reflection
>
> I also am not sure of the purpose a map would serve. Certainly a 
> listing of OER initiatives and their properties (a 'mapping') would be 
> useful. But an actual map, as a visual representation, might make a 
> good presentation slide, but beyond that is too static to be useful. 
> Of course I ciuld be misreading the intent of the enterprise.
>
> -- Stephen
>
> "Lentell, Helen M." <hml13 at leicester.ac.uk> wrote:
>
> >Dear Colleagues
> >
> >Interesting conversation. But I am reminded of a comment made some
> >years ago in the distance learning community, it was this: if
> >technology is the answer what is the question? Following on from this:
> >if mapping OERs is the answer what is the educational problem we are
> >trying to address?
> >
> >Best
> -- 
> Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
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Rory McGreal
UNESCO/COL Chair in OER
Athabasca University
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