The relationships between technology and open education in the development of a resilient higher education
Abstract
The place of technology in the development of coherent educational responses to environmental and socio-economic disruption is here placed under scrutiny. One emerging area of interest is the role of technology in addressing more complex learning futures, and more especially in facilitating individual and social resilience, or the ability to manage and overcome disruption. However, the extent to which higher education practitioners can utilise technology to this end is framed by their approaches to the curriculum, and the socio-cultural practices within which they are located. This paper discusses how open education might enable learners to engage with uncertainty through social action within a form of higher education that is more resilient to economic, environmental and energy-related disruption. It asks whether open higher education can be (re)claimed by users and communities within specific contexts and curricula, in order to engage with an uncertain world.
Description
Citation : Hall, R., and Winn, J. (2010). The relationships between technology and open education in the development of a resilient higher education. In Proceedings of Open Ed 2010. Barcelona, Spain: Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, pp. 149-160
Research Group : Institute for Education Futures
Research Institute : Institute for Research in Criminology, Community, Education and Social Justice
Research Institute : Centre for Urban Research on Austerity (CURA)
Research Institute : Centre for Urban Research on Austerity (CURA)
Peer Reviewed : No