Writing this post after completing the DNLE online course from Stanford University. Better late than never!
The bedrock for an open educational system is "relationship building". We exist and are identified by our relationships. During our lives we can explore, discover and apply (use) our relationships with people, concepts, things around us and ourselves. Our relationships are built by chance or by necessity. There is however another angle; building relationships by choice! Over the centuries our understanding of "relationships" has seen several changes and over the ages the number of relationships that exist between us has grown exponentially. This quantitative and qualitative growth in our relationships can be attributed to various factors, including, human evolution, science and technology.
A person in society presently, leads a complicated life, having to manage a plethora of relationships. The advent of Information and Communication Technology has changed the very fabric of society, hence, our relationships. Since time immemorial, a way of life, apart from giving us purpose, determined our relationships. Today, more so than before, our relationships determine the way of life
How do I define myself (or just self)? Helping me, find that, is Education. The definition of "self" can be within a context, in which case we have a relative definition of self or it can be independent of a context in which case we have an absolute definition of self.
So, an Open Educational System allows for continuous change and redefinition of "self" through activities (interactions) in ones life.
How do we define an Open Educational System? The primary idea is to integrate education with daily life. An open educational system does not confine learning to a certain space or time or a people or things! It is education based on relationship and interaction and is dynamic! It not only happens in school - when you are with a teacher - when you are sitting at your desk studying or at any predefined place, time or with people.
The bedrock for an open educational system is "relationship building". We exist and are identified by our relationships. During our lives we can explore, discover and apply (use) our relationships with people, concepts, things around us and ourselves. Our relationships are built by chance or by necessity. There is however another angle; building relationships by choice! Over the centuries our understanding of "relationships" has seen several changes and over the ages the number of relationships that exist between us has grown exponentially. This quantitative and qualitative growth in our relationships can be attributed to various factors, including, human evolution, science and technology.
A person in society presently, leads a complicated life, having to manage a plethora of relationships. The advent of Information and Communication Technology has changed the very fabric of society, hence, our relationships. Since time immemorial, a way of life, apart from giving us purpose, determined our relationships. Today, more so than before, our relationships determine the way of life
How do I define myself (or just self)? Helping me, find that, is Education. The definition of "self" can be within a context, in which case we have a relative definition of self or it can be independent of a context in which case we have an absolute definition of self.
So, an Open Educational System allows for continuous change and redefinition of "self" through activities (interactions) in ones life.
How do we define an Open Educational System? The primary idea is to integrate education with daily life. An open educational system does not confine learning to a certain space or time or a people or things! It is education based on relationship and interaction and is dynamic! It not only happens in school - when you are with a teacher - when you are sitting at your desk studying or at any predefined place, time or with people.
