When I first knew about the work to be done, I felt that now I going to be a practitioner of the new the radical evolution in learning.
technologies available. It allows me to arrive at an amazing conclusion and to reflect about
Creating a blog was the first activity which have to be done. Though knowing that blog is now available, I never created one. In fact, I never thought I would be participating in a world wide forums where my views will be publish on the web through the use of blogs and micro blogs.
Together with creating blogs, Stephen Downes raised certain points to which I totally agree. The points raised were
- Sharing of information world wide
- Traditional ways have been replaced by posts, bookmaking and slideshows
- Saving money through the use of open resources
Desmond Tutu nobel price winner and chancellor of the University of Western Cape (UWC) main issue was about 'Digital Freedom'.
He rightly said 'Freedom is an ongoing process and not an end to itself.'
I do believe that this is best to describe education nowadays whereby free , free and open resources are being used in the field of education which will indeed change the world for the better as said by Desmond.
I do believe that this type of learning where open source and free software exist will be a benefit for each and everyone who wants to learn for a better world
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