[SSC] SSC Digest, Vol 16, Issue 42

[Sarah Amsler]

I think a great comment and suggestion from Megan, thanks!

We could actually use these statements to play with when we meet...which do
people feel close to, common themes and differences, talking around them...

Best,
Sarah

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> Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2012 11:23:22 +0100
> From: "Megan Robertson" <megan at medals.org.uk>
> To: <ssc at lists.aktivix.org>
> Subject: [SSC] Media stuff
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> May an 'outsider' comment, please?
>
> Having discovered you just yesterday through a BBC website article, having
> had no idea of your existence before then, I would hope that you would
> grasp
> any suitable opportunity to raise your profile through the media.
>
> It will, however, be important for you to decide just what you think you
> are
> as a collective organisation, and to ensure that you present yourselves
> accordingly.
>
> So, what are you?
>
> People who want to share knowledge in a structured way, by offering
> 'courses' in subjects in which you are knowledgeable in a manner accessible
> to anyone who wants to learn.
>
> People who don't like the way in which higher education is developing and
> who want to offer an alternative.
>
> People who see themselves as 'activists' seeking to destroy existing modes
> of providing education and replacing them with their own vision.
>
> People who do not care for the increasing 'commercialisation' of education
> and so want to offer it for free...
>
> Woolly-headed idealists? :)
>
> Some, all or none of the above?
>
> Different things will attract different people, so you will also need to
> consider the sort of people that you want to attract. (You may at this
> point
> decide you'd rather I went away!)
>
> For what it's worth, I followed up the BBC story and stuck my nose in
> because I am passionate about the provision of excellent education that
> inspires learners, and as an e-learning specialist I'm fascinated about
> 'alternate' ways of sharing knowledge and skills.
>
> (I also happen to be unemployed, so am always looking for projects that
> might want to make use of my skills... at least, until I find someone
> who'll
> pay me! Until then, and even beyond, interesting not-for-profit projects
> can
> have those skills for nothing.)
>
> A few thoughts from an outsider looking in, read, discard at your pleasure.
>
> Megan Robertson
> FBCS CITP
>
> "By doubting we come to questioning, and by questioning we come to perceive
> the truth" (Abelard)
>
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