Darren Draper

"Thanks for your comment and clarification, David. As I hope you know by now, I really am in favor of open education and think its strengths can greatly outweigh the issues it will inevitably bring to rise. From a global perspective, I believe we do have a moral responsibility to share - and have witnessed openness' ability to generate products of higher quality - but also sincerely hope that sharing won't result in our ultimate demise. Regarding the nature of public education, I believe that all people have an unalienable right to a quality education. As our systems of education inevitably become more open through time (people will continue to demand it), I expect a shift in the services public schools provide. I suspect that focus and priorities will shift, just as they have in the past, toward programs of learning and positive life experiences in public schools that simply can't be had elsewhere. Giving the indigent OER is good, but they deserve excellent, breathing teachers, too...." - Darren Draper

"Congratulations, David. This is exciting news for open education. Other thoughts (including a few concerns) if you're interested here: http://drapestakes.blogspot.co..." - Darren Draper

"Congrats on the new opportunity! I look forward to seeing the progress you make." - Darren Draper

"Well done, Dean. I really appreciate how well you've been able to synthesize the whys and hows of your process. We need more posts like this out there that center in how to teach teachers!" - Darren Draper

Improve, improve, improve. - Darren Draper

Wrong answer. - Darren Draper

Personally I think we CAN bridge the gap. - Darren Draper

We need to offer many opportunities for people to become addicted to learning. - Darren Draper

Please listen carefully, #utpol. - Darren Draper

The future of human teaching will be to teach students to be more human. - Darren Draper

"Of course people may use the slide, but be sure to cite Dean for the quotation. I'll post it to the collection with a CC license as soon as I get on a laptop." - Darren Draper

"Thanks for sharing this, Dean, and for putting your ideas (and slides) out there in the first place. I've been thinking a lot about sharing lately, and the conditions that must exist in order for it to be "successful." To make this whole process work, it seems like we needed several key components, without which, we would never have arrived where we did: 1. A mechanism to easily enable the sharing (in this case Twitter and Skitch). 2. An environment that fosters trust and a desire to make even minor improvements (I'm reminded of Shirky's section in 'Here Comes Everybody' called 'Failure for Free'). 3. A sharer that is both willing to have their work scrutinized and confident enough to receive the criticism of others (however benign that criticism might be). I know this, combined with a trustful environment, is the true stumbling-block for so many of our teachers today. Anyway, I enjoyed the opportunity to play along - and have always loved the slide-building exercises that you started..." - Darren Draper

Pretty interesting. - Darren Draper

Still no silver bullet. - Darren Draper

Good advice for schools here. - Darren Draper

Wow. #edreform - Darren Draper