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OPEN LEARNING SYSTEMS: THE NEXT EVOLUTION OF EDUCATION

OPEN LEARNING SYSTEMS: THE NEXT EVOLUTION OF EDUCATION This paper provides a vision, an argument, and an explanation of “Open Learning Systems” (OLS) based on a blended conception of open epistemology, constructivism and connectionism that resonates with a form of social criticism in postmodern perspective harnessed by new technological affordances based on open systems. The paper examines open education in the context of the creative economy to highlight the relationship between open learning systems and the problem of the curriculum. Following Steven Webster and others, the paper suggests OLS as an expression of a philosophical idea of openness embodied in open source software, which constitutes a new political economy of the social organization of learning. Keywords: Open Learning System, education, creative economy http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Review of Contemporary Philosophy Addleton Academic Publishers

OPEN LEARNING SYSTEMS: THE NEXT EVOLUTION OF EDUCATION

MICHAEL A. PETERS
Review of Contemporary Philosophy , Volume 10 (1): 9-24 – Jan 1, 2012
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This paper provides a vision, an argument, and an explanation of “Open Learning Systems” (OLS) based on a blended conception of open epistemology, constructivism and connectionism that resonates with a form of social criticism in postmodern perspective harnessed by new technological affordances based on open systems. The paper examines open education in the context of the creative economy to highlight the relationship between open learning systems and the problem of the curriculum. Following Steven Webster and others, the paper suggests OLS as an expression of a philosophical idea of openness embodied in open source software, which constitutes a new political economy of the social organization of learning. Keywords: Open Learning System, education, creative economy

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Review of Contemporary Philosophy – Addleton Academic Publishers

Published: Jan 1, 2012

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