The other end of the telescope
From open access to open education...
... a developing country view
The need for open access
... the scale of the problem
Books published © Copyright 2006 SASI Group (University of Sheffield) and Mark Newman (University of Michigan)
Population © Copyright 2006 SASI Group (University of Sheffield) and Mark Newman (University of Michigan)
Let them read cake?
Library borrowing © Copyright 2006 SASI Group (University of Sheffield) and Mark Newman (University of Michigan)
it gets worse...
Science research © Copyright 2006 SASI Group (University of Sheffield) and Mark Newman (University of Michigan)
Poverty © Copyright 2006 SASI Group (University of Sheffield) and Mark Newman (University of Michigan)
if research is the reservoir that feeds knowledge
and provides the content for teaching and learning
we have a famine
© Copyright 2006 SASI Group (University of Sheffield) and Mark Newman (University of Michigan) Tertiary education
and there is a very real body count
How can we resolve the problem?
When it comes to teaching and learning
can there be feast instead of famine?
The environment is changing
online learning
vv
can replace scarcity with abundance
Is changing the dynamics of education
It is not just content...
but scaffolding and process...
social networking and communities of practice....
the light at the end of the tunnel?