Fun and Fear in Open Spaces

dc.contributor.author	Anderson, Terry
dc.contributor.author	Dron, Jon
dc.date.accessioned	2011-10-27T21:30:20Z
dc.date.available	2011-10-27T21:30:20Z
dc.date.issued	2011-10-27T21:30:20Z
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2149/3115
dc.description.abstract	This presentation presents the theory and practice of Open Learning as implemented in Athabasca University’s Beyond the LMS social networking system. The presentation discusses the motivation , design and challenges encountered in the first two years of Athabasca Landing (an elgg-based social networking environment). Reference will be made to the disruptive nature of the technology in regard to the limits of openness, resistance to sharing, context-sensitivity, controllability, ownership, responsibility, soft security, distributed design, managing complexity and crossing the formal/informal divide etc.	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.subject	open access	en
dc.subject	open educational resrouce	en
dc.subject	oer	en
dc.subject	open learning	en
dc.subject	social networking	en
dc.title	Fun and Fear in Open Spaces	en
dc.type	Presentation	en