Open Education Spotted in the Wild
Mar 20th, 2009 by Bryan
Thanks to John Hilton at BYU for telling me about one the coolest things I’ve seen in a long while: a college course that merges the traditional course setup with an open, free online component. David Wiley in the Instructional Psychology and Technology department is currently offering IPT 692R: Introduction to Open Education both to BYU students and to 42 distance learners. (He also taught this blended course in 2008: When Professors Print Their Own Diplomas, Who Needs Universities?)
I am finding that there is a lot of energy behind these issues in academic disciplines related to culture and media, education, and technology. It would make sense that one of the first full-on Open Teaching experments would be in a course called “Open Education.” Would a similar approach work for an introduction to the Bible, or say, my intro course next year titled, “The Bible and Ultimate Meaning.” Why or why not?
Edit to add a new resource for you, Open Access News blog, a fantastic resource for helping us find each other.
