Objectives:
Continue exploring the notion of "openness" and how it is enabled or constrained by ICT
Techno-optimism and its limit - one laptop per child and its assumption
Look specifically at e-learning, "open educational resources, open courseware, (Khan's Academy?)
The idea of "university" and its globalization - MOOCs, etc.
What do they mean for development and development policies?
Google Doc for October 8
Reading:
http://www.openeducationeuropa.eu/en/article/The-Impact-and-Reach-of-MOOCs%3A-A-Developing-Countries%E2%80%99-Perspective
Additional Reading:
Blog post on OER by Stian
http://reganmian.net/blog/2010/12/07/oer-for-a-multicultural-classroom-student-as-user-and-producer/
Learning resources
African Virtual University
Daphne Koller: What we're learning from online education
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