[LINK] Open University Discussion Radio National Life Matters

[Jan Whitaker]

At 11:23 AM 29/08/2012, Liddy Nevile wrote:
>To match Tom's point, of course some localisation is important, but
>doesn't that sort of thing become a challenge rather than a reason for
>rejecting the developments?

I saw the announcement of this event. Thanks for the reminder about 
it. I often miss the actual thing and go back and listen to the podcast.

My personal reaction to the availability, especially with the 
addition of forums and a minimum of assessment, not just exposing the 
lectures and readings, is that I might seriously consider pursuing 
more learning in areas I wanted to taste without the overhead of 
applying, acceptance, payments, relocation, etc. I think these open 
access systems are terrific for informal adult learners who could 
care less about a sanctioned qualification. It's sort of a resurgance 
of the auto-didact in the digital age. I cannot see a downside to this.

And many topics don't require localisation at all. Science just is. 
One could argue that some of the arts have cultural subsets, but less 
so within the western culture itself, more so between 
Asian/Western/Middle Eastern/African/Islander/Indigenous.

Now the trick is to act on this intention.

Check out this blog (posted in the comment for the RN page)
http://www.systemsengineeringblog.com/new-learning-post-apocalypse/

Jan



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