What are Universities for
Traditionally, universities have been the sites of knowledge
production, storage, dissemination and authorization
Universities provide three key value points for learners and society (see Figure 3): content creation and navigation, interactions between learners and faculty, and accreditation. — George Siemens
Universities provide three key value points for learners and society (see Figure 3): content creation and navigation, interactions between learners and faculty, and accreditation. — George Siemens
But these are changing rapidly.
- Good content is available on the net
- Communication (conversation) happens on the net (participatory pedagogies.)
- We've still got the lock on accreditation but this might
be changing
Participatory Learning
IT tends to be top-down, designer determined,
administratively driven, commercially fashioned. In
participatory learning, out- comes are typically customizable
by the participants.