A recent blog post by Jared Stein continues a conversation began by Darren Draper whose blog post I commented on last week. The discussions continue on open source materials and how open should open be. In our efforts to move adeptly into the 21st Century of learning utilizing tools that are community created and educationally sound, when do we gently ask teachers to step to the side of the dais and begin supporting self-directed instructional strategies?
Stein asks, “What is not replaceable in teaching? What do we risk losing as we move more and more instruction online, as we realize grand dreams of open-courseware, self-directed learning communities, etc?”
How do we determine where the balance between open source and traditional practice should be? Do we embrace the advancements of current innovators and reach as far as we can? Or, do we play it safe and continue to practice in long-established fashion using tools that may become the relics that future historians unearth and use to determine how our culture taught their young?
Stein, J. (2008). Flexknowlogy Blog post. What is not replaceable in teaching? Retrieved October 4, 2008 from, http://flexknowlogy.learningfield.org/2008/10/02/what-is-not-replaceable-in-teaching/
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