ETEC 645 - Future Education: Open Content & Open Mind (major points)

Future Education: Open Content & Open Mind (Major Points with References)

Lulu Liu, ETEC 645 - Fall -12/05/08

This article will discuss about the future education as a contribution for the online course in ETEC645.

As my own understanding, the open content is a concept of equal opportunity of accessing educational materials, while open mind is an ideal way for educators to treat each single student as a special individual without exclusivity.

1. Open Content

1) What is Open Content?

2) Open content = Free Content ? No.

3) What kind of license for the open content?

4) What other resources about the Open Content?

2. Inclusive Education V.S. Special Education

In general, special education is for the students with disabilities. It’s an educational treatment for minority/ students with special needs. Here, there are three points for future education.

1) Pay more attention to the words we are using, especially the "special education".
2) Inclusive Education: special education for everyone

3) Technology, as a support for students with special needs, can support the inclusive education to normalize every single student as a special one.

3. Technology for Education, not the other way around.
4. Comments on the Open content in China

Is open content ready for China?

- No yet. Open content not the best choice for the general public in China, since the education level of the majority is still below the world average and the lack of faith in the public may cause a uncivilized chaos. It is a long way to go before the content open. But it's good to dry to bridge the inequality of the society with the technology and information support. In another word, to avoid the public chaos and better educational environment, a moderated censorship is necessary for China.

It positive for the international medias to accelerate this open content movement in China, but more importantly, above content and mind, the open the souls first. Content can be bad, when the soul is lost.

With an emerging of technology, the vision of future education is the education with the equal access to open content education materials, and inclusive education addressing theh special treatment for every single student.

Open content, and more importantly, open mind.

Reference:

Sullivan, J. K. (July, 2008). Education faculty to make articles available to all. Stanford Report, July 9, 2008. http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2008/july9/access-070908.html.

Liang, L. (2004). A Guide to Open Content Licenses. Piet Zwart Institute. http://pzwart.wdka.hro.nl/mdr/research/lliang/open_content_guide .

Davies, B., West-Burnham, J. (2003). Handbook of Educational Leadership and Management. P693. Published by Pearson Education. ISBN 0273656686, 9780273656685.

Vygotskiĭ, L.S., Cole, M., and John-Steiner, V. (1978). Mind in Society: The Development of Higher Psychological Processes. Published by Harvard University Press, 1978 ISBN 0674576292, 9780674576292

Laun, C. (June, 2008). 100 Helpful Web Tools for Every Kind of Learner. College at Home Blog. http://www.collegeathome.com/blog/2008/06/10/100-helpful-web-tools-for-every-kind-of-learner/ .

Down To the Earth

Down To the Earth, an attitude of loving life.

Like the hug to a Bird with Flu,
for you got the poinson, I got the remedy,

Give All Thanks to God with Dances,
for the liars
and narcissus,



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kb-73iU6ubQ

trash categorization

Dream is good:

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A bottle of chemistry,
For the man's age of 70,
Since I want to see him in the heaven,
And wondering whether God cares about his family
But the nature hesitates me from using or dumping;

Now I see the Heaven and Hell is actually a neighbor of zero point one degree,
And our heavens mean good but may sound as a hell for the age of 70.

Chemistry belongs to an agency.
and to love the soul of birds in the air and ants on the street.
and to dump the drash in the category.

Business is business

When you study the language Chinese, you may be told that never saying no directly to a Chinese, instead, using perhaps/ maybe/ thinking about it later to be polite and respectful for the culture.

Yes, it’s hard to be “business is business”, for in China, business is also with relationships.
In Mandarin, it says, 对事不对人. (dui4 shi4 bu2 dui4 ren2)

Unfortunately, in China, (traditionally) all the business is hard to be only business without personal relationships.
And it makes a perfect sense that for (traditional) Chinese, it's hard to say no, as the rejection of the issue might be taken personal.
So, saying no in a soft way, with "maybe" / "perhaps" / "thinking about it later" is an ambiguous disagreement on the business table in China.

Don't be frustrated by that culture if you are from Europe (traditional), for that's the way of the unique communication in Ancient Asian culture.
It just represents a moderate attitude of saving your face in the public for the sake of achieving harmony while resisting conflict.
So, if there is a direct “no” hitting your face, it may interpret as a death penalty, if the person doesn't know or consider the western way of communication at all.

Adding into that, Chinese turns more into confronting business and person together, especially when it comes into conflict.
If there is neither Love nor Faith nor Respect in the communication, a “death penalty” is very easily to be made.

Thus, can we (Chinese) really confront the issue rather than the person, when there is a disagreement, discouragement, or even an attack?
Can we still remain Loving for those who are trying to destroy, steal or kill?
( -- Absolutely, we can, and we should, for Love Redeems. )

It is funny, before, when people jumped in front of me (I'm Chinese) and showed something disagreeable, I would turn to be "aggressive", which means either I would convince them mine was better for this and that (very preachy), or give an absolutely cold look (typical blessed child). Ironically, I called myself a soul lover, which proved I was just one of those hypocrites.

Reading the Bible, we were commanded to Love.
Reading the Words from Confucius, we were told we would be absolutely "agreeable at the age of 60th".
(-- Bible is a hard core to make a person look old.)

So, all communication based on Love will be a success Communication.
Love, is the Power, shaped well, spiritually and scientifically makes sense, crossing cultures;
Love, is for all the Souls; no matter the soul is with what color or nationality or faith;
Love, is a progress of learning to be gentle and forgiving;
Love, is from an absolute pure heart, with single mind, loving words and gentle open-armed gesture.

Biz is biz, and we'd better not take it personal, if it is with a traditional European.
Biz is biz, and we'd never say no directly to a traditional Chinese, for “perhaps yes” can be a better way to save there face.
When culture is mixed, we'd better be an agreeable Soul Lover.

Biz is hard to be biz in this post modern new age, we'd communicate with Respect and Loving all Souls.

Thanks for the Strange Stranger

Keep running into random people, with love and care.
As I was told, it's the Symptom of being overflowed by the Love from Above.
:D

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Thanks for the Strange Stranger,
Showing me the elegance of the fat from fish,
and the importance of the omega three,

Thanks for the Strange Stranger,
Giving me a perfect reason why vegetarians crave for tofu and nuts fatty,
and the flax seeds on the shelf at costco for my mind and body,

Thanks for the strange stranger,
making me feel I am even loved and cared,
by random people in my life.

Thanks for the strange stranger.

combined the blog

Blogs are combined, lead by One Loving Spirit,
Powerless doubt, broken in front Aloha,
Stories are republished, without weary,
Meditation and dream, like a giant combination,
Keep blessing n' loving, from that 6000 miles away Family.

http://www.youtube.com/v/EkHTsc9PU2A
Love the Sky...

Google health - open content starts from health?

Google health - open content starts from health?
https://www.google.com/health/p/

Google flu trend:
http://www.google.org/flutrends/