Source: Open Education
Eliminating Control – Mark Pesce on the potential of a shared and connected, opensource educational environment.
In the process of web surfing, there are times you stumble on some gems – some material so transcendent you find yourself spellbound.
Such is the case with the work of Mark Pesce at The Human Network. David Parry, assistant professor of Emergent Media and Communications at the University of Texas at Dallas, offers his assessment of Pesce’s work on his AcademHack blog:
“I find Pesce to be one of the more provocative thinkers on the internet and matters of cultural transformation. I am not sure I always agree with what he suggests, but this is also one of the reasons I find him worth reading.”
Parry also notes the recent Pesce posts, all of which are connected, are the rarest of internet materials.
“In this series I read each piece at least twice,” states Parry, “some three times. They are that good.”
Fluid Learning
To fully grasp how education can be transformed by technology, we begin by taking a peek at Pesce’s Fluid Learning. But before we do so we turn back to our trilogy from last February, our review of the digital commons.