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Open education is not without its sceptics. Like any field, it can benefit from careful consideration of, and dialogue with, these critics. What are commentators currently saying and how should we address their concerns? Are there voices which are missing from debates about open education? Are there voices which are being misrepresented and how can we know? Can we identify orthodoxies or underlying ideologies within open education? This presentation will address a select number of current concerns that have been raised and focus on how research and practice could be strengthened by debating this issues. Suitable for those both experienced and new to the area, this presentation will comprise a lightning literature review, drawing from sources such as blogs, tweets and other forms of digital scholarship.
Edwards, Richard (2015) “Knowledge infrastructures and the inscrutability of openness in education.” Learning, Media and Technology 40.3: 251-264.
Gourlay, Lesley (2015) “Open education as a ‘heterotopia of desire’.” Learning, Media and Technology 40.3: 310-327.
Knox , Jeremy (2013) Five critiques of the open educational resources movement, Teaching in Higher Education, 18:8, 821-832, DOI: 10.1080/13562517.2013.774354
Watters, Audrey (2014) From “open” to justice [blog]. Retrieved from http://hackeducation.com/2014/11/16/from-open-to-justice
