Comments on: Learners…remember them? http://www.k12opened.com/blog/archives/26 A blog for reflecting on the opportunities and challenges in open education Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:00:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 By: Kim http://www.k12opened.com/blog/archives/26#comment-61 Kim Fri, 28 Sep 2007 21:49:41 +0000 http://www.k12opened.com/blog/archives/26#comment-61 The libre perspective is learner centric: http://communities.libre.org/philosophy/saylibre - discuss: http://wikieducator.org/Say_Libre The libre perspective is learner centric:

http://communities.libre.org/philosophy/saylibre

- discuss: http://wikieducator.org/Say_Libre

]]> By: Marion Jensen http://www.k12opened.com/blog/archives/26#comment-59 Marion Jensen Fri, 28 Sep 2007 16:38:24 +0000 http://www.k12opened.com/blog/archives/26#comment-59 You bring up a good point. One reason for this may be because when you post an OER on the web, your learner suddenly becomes very ill-defined. Is it a student at a local high school? Is it a college student across the country? Is it a user in a developing country? A professor? An expert in the field? It's hard to wrap your brain around the idea of who the learner is, so it's easier to focus on the content, the distribution means, the standards, etc. But I don't think this is a bad thing. The theme of the conference is localization. I don't know the best way to take the content I put on the web and make it affective for each of the thousands of users that will come across it. But by looking at ways to adapt, remix, mashup the content, maybe somebody who DOES know how to adapt it, will be better able to do so. A high school teacher can adapt my material to be better suited for their student. But yes, it is very easy to get focused on other things, and forget that at the end of the day, the only thing that really matters is the learner. You bring up a good point. One reason for this may be because when you post an OER on the web, your learner suddenly becomes very ill-defined. Is it a student at a local high school? Is it a college student across the country? Is it a user in a developing country? A professor? An expert in the field?

It’s hard to wrap your brain around the idea of who the learner is, so it’s easier to focus on the content, the distribution means, the standards, etc. But I don’t think this is a bad thing. The theme of the conference is localization. I don’t know the best way to take the content I put on the web and make it affective for each of the thousands of users that will come across it. But by looking at ways to adapt, remix, mashup the content, maybe somebody who DOES know how to adapt it, will be better able to do so. A high school teacher can adapt my material to be better suited for their student.

But yes, it is very easy to get focused on other things, and forget that at the end of the day, the only thing that really matters is the learner.

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