Lev Gonik, via Chronicle: Wired Campus, deliberated on the link betwen education, technology, and open content; and emphasized the challenge ahead for universities to promote the cause of openness.
Technology, open educational resources, and the education community are the key drivers and enablers of an arc of human activity that can lead us to learn and appreciate more about one another and about ourselves at the very moment when the forces of economic nationalism are pulling us in a very different direction. I think the stakes are that high. I hope universities will issue a clarion call urging us to take action to avoid repeating the lessons of history.
…We can and we should leverage our universities’ ability to create powerful networks of technology and learners to create binding partnerships that matter.
The oceans that once separated us are now made smaller by the technology that we have helped invent and deploy. Deepening the linkages within and between our communities and across our cities is a 21st challenge worthy of great universities.
