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Harnessing Openness to Improve Research, Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Harnessing Openness

  • t seems improbable that the critically important and

    economically significant global marketplace for higher

    education will not draw in those who can produce

    and market reliable certificates of mastery. It seems

    improbable that employers would fail to recognize

    the value of an outcomes-based process. It seems

    improbable that students who master materials online

    will remain content with only their sense of personal

    accomplishment. It seems improbable that no one will

    find a new way to efficiently and effectively meet the

    needs of those unable to attend today’s institutions of

    higher education. We believe that some new institu-

    tions that match the global nature of open education

    and address the currently underserved markets in

    higher education will arise to provide a means of

    demonstrating mastery of a subject whether it be for

    obtaining opportunities for further education or to

    better serve employers.

    e META University envisioned by Charles Vest has

    not yet come into being, but new institutions such as

    the proposed University of the People are emerging

    to attempt to harness the power of the Internet. But

    we still have much work to do on defining appropriate

    educational objectives, determining what activities are

    necessary to meet these objectives, providing useful

    information to students about where to go to obtain

    high-quality educational experiences that will meet

    their objectives, and certifying an individual’s mastery

    of particular skills in a meaningful way on a global

    basis.
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