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Educause Top Ten Issues List
Educause Quarterly has come out with its top ten technology-related teaching and learning issues in higher education. Open education makes the list–barely–at number 7:
No. 7: Sharing Content, Applications, and Application Development
The issues facing academic technology units are increasingly complex and interdependent, requiring individuals and institutions to work together. Collaboration allows us to benchmark with our peers, develop affinity groups and consortia, and use resources more effectively.
Collaboration can be a fundamental strategy in higher education. Creating a culture of openness and sharing builds productive individual and institutional relationships that result in mutual benefit…
Two of the most compelling examples of successful collaboration are open source software and the open content movement…
Most of the discussion on this point is around open source technologies, only fair given Educause’s focus, but at least hopeful that open content was mentioned.
