[SSC] SSC Digest, Vol 16, Issue 42

[Sandie Stratford]

I agree this makes excellent material for a discussion.  Thank you Megan, I found your suggestions very coherent.  We must keep our ideals [sic] polished.  But I share Joss and others' anxiety about biting off more than we can chew, if wide publicity brings large numbers on board.  Much as I want more people to be involved, if that's not a contradiction.

Sandie
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  From: Sarah Amsler 
  To: ssc at lists.aktivix.org 
  Sent: Friday, April 27, 2012 12:03 PM
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  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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