Three answers

[Phil Bartle]

 

# Do you have any concerns about the quality of educational resources

developed using an open authoring approach? If so, what are your

concerns? If not, how does an open authoring approach contribute to

high quality learning materials?

Quite the opposite.  I have long been a proponent of unorthodox course preparation, feeling that when an educator starts from scratch, the result is far superior than when a person just copies the content and methods from orthodox sources.

See: http://www.scn.org/cmp/modules/lit-l01.htm

# In your opinion, should course development for education use closed

or open authoring approaches? Give reasons for your view?

Since there are times when it is appropriate to have one, and other times appropriate for the other, the author should have an option of deciding which, and being able to change it.  Sometimes outside "help" can be a hindrance, and mess up the author's thoughts and train of thinking, and the material should be protected. At other times, a little push from someone else can result in creative new synergy.

# What mechanisms can be adopted to assure quality of educational

content developed in Wiki environments?

As with Wikipedia, WikiEducator should encourage specialists to review all contributions, and make their objections known, in case there are errors of fact. However, I am not too strong on this, because I feel that peer review can stultify creativity and genuinely new contributions and interpretations.

We encourage contributors to put in references, which can be a good thing, but too much reliance on that also can hinder creativity.  The very thing that can appear to be a weakness hides an important strength. Einstein did not put a single reference in his three revolutionary papers that changed our view of the universe forever.

There is no "Right Answer." Knowledge is not a finite quantity. "Mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled (Plutarch)

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