<div class="gmail_extra">I think a great comment and suggestion from Megan, thanks!</div>
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<div class="gmail_extra">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...</div>
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<div class="gmail_extra">Best,<br>Sarah<br><br></div>
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To: <<a href="mailto:ssc@lists.aktivix.org">ssc@lists.aktivix.org</a>><br>Subject: [SSC] Media stuff<br>Message-ID: <CC29A156A1AD439DA30C38973DFEA579@mexal><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"<br>
<br>May an 'outsider' comment, please?<br><br>Having discovered you just yesterday through a BBC website article, having<br>had no idea of your existence before then, I would hope that you would grasp<br>any suitable opportunity to raise your profile through the media.<br>
<br>It will, however, be important for you to decide just what you think you are<br>as a collective organisation, and to ensure that you present yourselves<br>accordingly.<br><br>So, what are you?<br><br>People who want to share knowledge in a structured way, by offering<br>
'courses' in subjects in which you are knowledgeable in a manner accessible<br>to anyone who wants to learn.<br><br>People who don't like the way in which higher education is developing and<br>who want to offer an alternative.<br>
<br>People who see themselves as 'activists' seeking to destroy existing modes<br>of providing education and replacing them with their own vision.<br><br>People who do not care for the increasing 'commercialisation' of education<br>
and so want to offer it for free...<br><br>Woolly-headed idealists? :)<br><br>Some, all or none of the above?<br><br>Different things will attract different people, so you will also need to<br>consider the sort of people that you want to attract. (You may at this point<br>
decide you'd rather I went away!)<br><br>For what it's worth, I followed up the BBC story and stuck my nose in<br>because I am passionate about the provision of excellent education that<br>inspires learners, and as an e-learning specialist I'm fascinated about<br>
'alternate' ways of sharing knowledge and skills.<br><br>(I also happen to be unemployed, so am always looking for projects that<br>might want to make use of my skills... at least, until I find someone who'll<br>
pay me! Until then, and even beyond, interesting not-for-profit projects can<br>have those skills for nothing.)<br><br>A few thoughts from an outsider looking in, read, discard at your pleasure.<br><br>Megan Robertson<br>
FBCS CITP<br><br>"By doubting we come to questioning, and by questioning we come to perceive<br>the truth" (Abelard)<br><br><br><br><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>
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