Comments on: Mozilla and the future of education, part 1 http://blog.hecker.org/2008/07/25/mozilla-and-the-future-of-education-part-1/ Mozilla, open source, and other random topics Sat, 20 Feb 2010 20:07:37 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Learning 2.0黃頁 » Mozilla and the future of education http://blog.hecker.org/2008/07/25/mozilla-and-the-future-of-education-part-1/#comment-400 Learning 2.0黃頁 » Mozilla and the future of education Tue, 30 Sep 2008 01:05:39 +0000 http://hecker.wordpress.com/?p=197#comment-400 [...] http://blog.hecker.org/2008/07/25/mozilla-and-the-future-of-education-part-1/ [...] [...] http://blog.hecker.org/2008/07/25/mozilla-and-the-future-of-education-part-1/ [...]

]]> By: Prototyping the open ed revolution « commonspace http://blog.hecker.org/2008/07/25/mozilla-and-the-future-of-education-part-1/#comment-357 Prototyping the open ed revolution « commonspace Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:21:45 +0000 http://hecker.wordpress.com/?p=197#comment-357 [...] the open ed revolution Posted by msurman under Uncategorized   Frank Hecker has a series of posts up today on ‘Mozilla and the Future of Education’. It’s a bit of a thought [...] [...] the open ed revolution Posted by msurman under Uncategorized   Frank Hecker has a series of posts up today on ‘Mozilla and the Future of Education’. It’s a bit of a thought [...]

]]> By: hecker http://blog.hecker.org/2008/07/25/mozilla-and-the-future-of-education-part-1/#comment-298 hecker Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:00:34 +0000 http://hecker.wordpress.com/?p=197#comment-298 @Ian Lynch: As I noted, <cite>Disrupting Class</cite> is weak on trends outside the US, and I am not familiar enough with the field to make up that lack. Thanks for the info. I agree with the point about qualifications. Where the end result is more important than the means by which it is achieved, opportunity exists to innovate with respect to the means. (This is a theme in chapter 5 of <cite>Seeing What's Next</cite>, where Christensen discusses for-profit adult professional education.) @Ian Lynch: As I noted, Disrupting Class is weak on trends outside the US, and I am not familiar enough with the field to make up that lack. Thanks for the info.

I agree with the point about qualifications. Where the end result is more important than the means by which it is achieved, opportunity exists to innovate with respect to the means. (This is a theme in chapter 5 of Seeing What’s Next, where Christensen discusses for-profit adult professional education.)

]]> By: Ian Lynch http://blog.hecker.org/2008/07/25/mozilla-and-the-future-of-education-part-1/#comment-294 Ian Lynch Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:29:32 +0000 http://hecker.wordpress.com/?p=197#comment-294 "Disruptive innovation within the educational system will occur only at the margins" Not necessarily. In the UK the exam system is a 1.5 billion dollar industry. We have a plan based on Christensen's principles and applied to that industry starting with qualifications in Open Systems and functional skills in ICT. It can be scaled to any subject and has the potential to globalise school qualifications. If we are successful, that will not be a marginal effect because qualifications have always driven the mainstream despite what education purists will say. “Disruptive innovation within the educational system will occur only at the margins”

Not necessarily. In the UK the exam system is a 1.5 billion dollar industry. We have a plan based on Christensen’s principles and applied to that industry starting with qualifications in Open Systems and functional skills in ICT. It can be scaled to any subject and has the potential to globalise school qualifications. If we are successful, that will not be a marginal effect because qualifications have always driven the mainstream despite what education purists will say.

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