Asian Journal of Distance Education

Yazarlar: Ebba OSSIANNILSSON

Konular:

Anahtar Kelimeler:Openness,Pedagogy,Paradigm shift

Özet: Ecologies of openness—inclusion, intersections, and interstices—raises questions about the concepts of open, openness, opened, and opening, throughout educational contexts. The rise of openness and open pedagogy has impacts on educational paradigm shifts and university reforms in open and flexible learning. The focus of this article is to present an overview of different current frameworks for open education that will serve to introduce readers to contemporary open education frameworks and to present different dimensions of open. The literature includes current reports by the European Commission, scientific journals, and blog posts by scholars since 2015to the present. Reports by UNESCO and those related to the fourth industrial revolution are examined. In addition, the article builds on the authors previous research in the field, which also includes leadership and quality related to openness. To set the scene the following section briefly introduces current global trends and challenges in education in the 21st century. After that open pedagogy are presented; the open education framework by the European Commission, and ecologies of open pedagogy. The article ends with conclusions and recommendations.

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