The Real world is the physical world that we live in ... here we, eat, breath, play, sleep, visit places, get away to be alone, see beautiful places, meet beautiful people, experience various emotions, show some hide others, et cetera.
The Virtual world is the world created by Information and Communication Technology (ICT). The Virtual world consists of the Internet, all your bank transactions and employee records in databases, smart phones, television, radio, digital equipment, and the like. The Virtual world is made up of two resources: Hardware and Software. These two resources always co-exist in the Virtual world.
An Educational System should be capable of addressing "learner's needs" in the real and virtual worlds. The Open Educational System that is likely to evolve over the next few months will try to address the needs of "next generation learners". Learners, world over have already started embracing "new" ways to learn.
"How we learn is more important than what we learn". (When, why, who, where are also to be considered!)
It order to understand an Open educational system, we need to understand the world around us...the Real and Virtual worlds! How do we explore, discover and apply concepts in these two worlds?
Where does one start? How does one gauge progress?
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