Presentation: Learning in an open world

Abstract

The aim of this research programme is to explore the impact that an increasingly ‘open’ technologically mediated learning environment will have on learning in the future. In a world where content and expertise is often free and where services are shifting to the ‘cloud’, what are the implications for education? This paper describes the research programme, which takes a particular position on the notion of ‘openness’, considering it from a broad perspective covering each major phase of the academic lifecycle: design, delivery, evaluation and research.