tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940255904763014895.post5115756768838392801..comments2023-09-12T18:22:18.997+02:00Comments on SILENT BLOG: OpenEd: Week 1 - The right on education and Open AccessAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07021084363324828200noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940255904763014895.post-36976534121473565582007-09-07T00:07:00.000+02:002007-09-07T00:07:00.000+02:00I enjoyed reading this post. It was brave of you t...I enjoyed reading this post. It was brave of you to say no, education is not a basic human right. Thank for you for pushing our thinking into some "risky" areas. At a minimum, I agree with your assessment that "It is just not comparable to right to live in freedom, without hunger, able to speak freely etc."<BR/><BR/>Regarding your discussion of open education and the Internet, I don’t think that Internet access is a prerequisite for accessing open materials. Many are working on projects that involve putting these resources into print. While perhaps not ideal, this seems critical to me in establishing widespread access to content. There are also some innovative projects that are <A HREF="http://www.k12handhelds.com/blog/2007/04/new-take-on-old-bookmobile.php" REL="nofollow">loading up buses with digital content</A> and literally driving it out to the villages. My own feeling is that mobile phones are going to be a key to opening access. In many parts of the developing world, people are "leapfrogging" traditional computers and Internet for mobile phone access.<BR/><BR/>Content needs to be repurposed into as many forms and formats as possible so that it can be accessed by as many people as possible.karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06400917958341573113noreply@blogger.com