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There are thousands of such exciting tales of learning and adventure. During the academic year, I am stuck at my desk reading and writing, dreaming about the new discoveries waiting just over the next ridge top because the world is open. Among premises of this book is that learning days that you, your parents, and your grandparents experienced are no longer same as those seen in schools, educational institutions, and training organizations. Given the millions of learning portals, the growing number of simulation tools, the course resource possibilities, and the thousands of possible online course activities, it is small wonder many are stymied about what to do online. My grandfather George Goronja, who was born in 1907, would not recognize his old elementary and middle schools. Nor would Plato recognize academy he started. Too much has changed or is in process of changing. Such things merely describe what is possible within a school or class. Global collaboration might have been possible back when my grandfather entered school in 1912 but not to degree, speed, and pervasiveness that it occurs today. Instead of using postal mail or telegraph, students will now send a chat message to a friend as a reminder of an assignment that is due or perhaps ask for advice on recommended resources. Without a doubt, there may be some real as well as imagined aches and pains along the way. Their concerns and questions can be inserted as voice or text comments and annotations. And if they are really ambitious, they might later submit that paper as a chapter in a collaboratively written wikibook or resource with others around world. Today, thanks to Web technologies, education is open, global, and highly collaborative. I am fairly certain, however, that my grandparents did not collaborate with anyone in their classes outside of greater Milwaukee area where they grew up. The learning results, as well as the emotional gains from new colleagues and networks, however, are often worth the mental effort. same is true for my parents as well as most of those I grew up with. There is a revolution underway in education. This is why the world is open. |
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