i just needed to stop ...and reaffirm that.
if you're doubtful, and care enough to not be... read DIY U by Anya Kamenetz.. even just the independence chapter..
resonating parts for me:
p. 110 - expensive institutions to expansive networks
p.111 (Siemens) - the world has become more and more complex. as a student you need to create your own learning network that will allow you to make sense of the abundance of information.
p. 112 (Illich) - either we continue to believe that institutionalized learning is a product which justifies unlimited investment, or we rediscover that legislation and planning and investment, if they have any place in formal ed, should be used mostly to tear down the barriers that impede opportunities for learning which can only be a personal activity.
it's a mistake to identify social welfare fully with the institutions that are meant to provide it. ...more prisons doesn't mean more justice, and more schools doesn't mean more wisdom.
p. 113 - the internet changes the possibilities for how each of us can learn.
p. 115 - info tech has been changing so fast for the past few decades that traditional schools and curricula can't keep up.
(Hine) - people use the internet to organize important parts of their lives...a lot of institutions and professional hierarchies, for all their good intentions, have a self-perpetuating dynamic which isn't particularly to do with the interests of those they are serving.
p. 116 (Illich) - tech in itself was not necessarily a positive thing, it was only to the extent that it enabled people to have more convivial relationships, better ways of relating to each other, that it was beneficial.
p. 118 diy academia doesn't have to partake of advanced tech. the edupunk spirit is alive wherever people create alternatives to higher ed's cartel.
p. 119 - (Littky) - it's not just about being online or offline, it's about finding the connection.
and
p. 128 - (Freire) - it's not the tools that are the most exciting thing about the transformation of higher ed, it's the humanization of man, especially the prospect of putting human beings in charge of their own learning.
recent interview:
and from Anya's site: diyubook.com
what about accreditation
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