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What exactly does “open” mean?
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IMO, OA refers only to the ability to access the article, open source is more comprehensive, b/c you can do stuff w/ code/text. #digped0
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The ‘open’ of open source facilitates collaboration, the ‘open’ of open access does not, necessarily #digped0
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I like the idea that open access means that content/material becomes flexible – copyable, changeable, operable. #digped0
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Is “open” about an absence of explicit barriers to entry (eg. paywalls)? Or is “open” an active effort to facilitate different people’s engagement with the material? Or is it about what use can be made of the material, and the different ways that it can be appropriated and drawn upon?
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What are the implications of “open” in an academic context?
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@andrewstaroscik @readywriting @rswharton Should we have more writing (academic or other) that lets us look under the hood & modify? #digped0
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@woodpainter Nice example. Are notions of “intellectual property” and “open access” fundamentally at odds? #digped0
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How does ”open” sit in a practical/economic context? and what does “open” mean for people’s livelihoods?
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@jessifer how much has to do with people feeling their livelihood’s are threatened. #digped0
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@jessifer I agree and as an adjunct with no hope of TT I embrace it! Mix things up. Lot’s of uncertainty though. #digped0
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@Jessifer @andrewstaroscik I’m all for open, but I do worry about being able to live off of the open (or something!) #digped0
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@readywriting @andrewstaroscik Yeah, how do we “monetize” open? What kinds of new livelihoods can we make? #highered needs some.
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@readywriting @rswharton @carriepadian This is important, we need to really talk about what subsidizes what in higher ed. #digped0
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I think I’m hearing that openness is an economic issue, not an intellectual stance. #digped0
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@HybridPed I like to start with what works for learning & then figuring out how to deal with the economic & political remifications. #digped0
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@jessifer here is a late shot: Economics is central because the structure will determine who contributes and how #digped0
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The conversation then stepped back to consider the pedagogical questions posed by “open”.
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The pedagogy of “open” and “open” spaces
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What is the pedagogical value in openness: encourages collaboration and play, disrupts power dynamics of education. #digped0
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@jessifer except when it doesn’t. Open also means “surveillance.” Sometimes play needs darkness. Sometimes. #digped0
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@HybridPed Open pedagogy is one in which students are empowered to make responsible choices re intellectual property, privacy. #digped0
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@Jessifer Also, how do we balance openness with privacy, or safe spaces for learning? Need nuanced, contextualized choices like CC #digped0
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@afamiglietti @jessifer must be critical when deciding what to have open. Ensuring the “classroom” is safe learning environment #digped0
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So what is a “safe” space for learning?
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I wonder what a safe space for learning means when so much content is available online? #digped Not that it isn’t a concern.0
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@rogerwhitson On its simplest level, the freedom to ask ‘dumb’ questions and not have them come back to you in another context #digped0
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@rogerwhitson I’m not sure these “safe spaces” really exist anymore. Maybe, they are purely nostalgic? Maybe learning isn’t safe. #digped0
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@khomotso @rogerwhitson @Jessifer Do we make classrooms safer by walling them off or encouraging social values that make them safe. #digped0
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@vrobin1000 @rogerwhitson Isn’t there always risk of personal attack? I try to advocate for my students rather than sheltering them. #digped0
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@Jessifer @khomotso @rogerwhitson But focusing on access to info w/o also considering how we interpret/use it is wrong approach. 2/2 #digped0
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@Jessifer @rogerwhitson #digped I don’t know that teaching them not to attack each other in a discussion means they’re being sheltered.0
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Can we talk about “safe spaces” for (open) learning when for many of us, we don’t have a “safe space” for (open) teaching? #digped0
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Reading over this discussion left me wondering what an open ecosystem might look like, both in terms of access/accessibility and sustainability/resourcing. I’m uncertain about funding models and wonder how much space there is for “open” within current funding models and structures.
Will the initiative for change come from pedagogy or economics?
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Really interesting discussion, thans for compiling it. These are very important discussions and debates to be having, especially with what seems like an acceleration in the evolution of higher-ed. Is this part of a MOOC or linked to something larger? I haven’t had time to dig into Digital Pedagogy’s stuff since MOOCMOOC.