Whether you are a scientist on a ship in Antarctic waters or a young girl in a Philippine village, you can learn whenever and whatever you want from whomever you are interested in learning it from.
As technologies have become more available, even in the most remote reaches of the world, and as more people contribute a wealth of online resources, the education world has become open to anyone anywhere. In The World Is Open, education technology guru Curtis Bonk explores ten key trends that together make up the "WE-ALL-LEARN" framework for understanding the potential of technology's impact on learning in the 21st century:
Web Searching in the World of e-Books
E-Learning and Blended Learning
Availability of Open Source and Free Software
Leveraged Resources and OpenCourseWare
Learning Object Repositories and Portals
Learner Participation in Open Information Communities
Electronic Collaboration
Alternate Reality Learning
Real-Time Mobility and Portability
Networks of Personalized Learning
In addition, this important resource contains compelling interviews that capture the diverse global nature of the open educational world from those who are creating new learning technologies as well as those who are using them to learn and teach in new ways. Using the dynamic "WE-ALL-LEARN" model, learners, educators, executives, administrators, instructors, and parents can tap into the power of Web technology and unleash a world of information.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0
A Must Read:
I am a teacher educator and my subject matter is technology in the k12 classroom. I may make this book mandatory for my students for next semester because the material is not only very up-to-date on how education is changing (or should be changing) at lightning speed, but it also provides a wealth of resources to explore. Unlike many books used as texts, the writing style of Bonk's book is very consumer- friendly and I'm sure my students would enjoy the read at the same time as they learn about the future... more info
The educational "big bang":
This is a seminal work. In it Dr Curtis Bonk has used stories of people throughout the world, many of them as he says, unsung heroes, who have used the potential of web technology to start what he calls a "revolution" in education.
This revolution is based upon the availability of information as so much of it is free. It crosses boundaries of race, creed and nationality to produce a worldwide system of sharing and producing of information but most importantly it transforms the potential of learning... more info
Great book - read it.:
Dr Bonk does a great job reviewing the current state of play in the field of educational technology and looking to the future - with enthusiasm and energy. He also provides a wealth of reading for free to support what he says in the form of ebooks and downloads from his blog and other web pages.
Preparation for the 21st century workforce:
I downloaded this book to my Iphone Kindle app and read this great book in my spare time.
Since I am an educational technologist I believe many of the ideas put forth by Bonk will percolate into our
factory driven k-12 education system.
