- 1. Earning formal academic credit through a citizensviral and
OER learning: What are the implicationsfor mobile, hybrid and
online learning?eLmL 2013, The Fifth International Conference on
Mobile, Hybrid,and On-line Learning, February 24, 2013 to March 1,
2013 - Nice,France.Merilyn Childs & Regine Wagner, Flexible
Learning InstituteCharles Sturt University, Australia.
2. The
contexthttp://www.flickr.com/photos/duncan/478984969/sizes/m/ 3.
The status quoThe research consistently indicatesthat recognition
of priorlearning in Australia is poor(for example, Pitman
2012).Policy has largely failed to generate change (See AQF)Open
educational practices thatvalue user-generated learning(Ehlers
2011) remain marginaland distant from the corebusiness of learning,
teaching andassessment. We gratefully acknowledge the Photographer,
kk forgiving us copyright permission to use the abovephotograph
taken at the 2009 United NationsClimate Change Conference,
Copenhagen . For afull exposition of kks photographic work,
seehttp://www.flickr.com/photos/kk/ 4. Developments such asthose
explored via theEuropean OERtest projecthave yet to gain afoothold
in the AustralianHE context. 5. The problem A traditional view
thatnon-institutional learningis ipso facto of lessvalue and that
criticalityand complexity are onlypossible throughinstitutional
learning This traditional view isout-of-place in a digitalage
characterized bypersonalized,hybridized andmobilized learning
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/ 6. Proposition I Quality learningcan and willhappen throughthe
planned andaccidental agencyof citizens whomay at some timebecome
studentsWe gratefully acknowledge the Photographer, kk for giving
us copyrightpermission to use the above photograph taken at the
2009 UnitedNations Climate Change Conference, Copenhagen . For a
full expositionof kks photographic work, see
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kk/ 7. Proposition II - The
relationshipsthat are possiblebetween a citizenslearning
anduniversities can besubstantiallyrethought as thebasis
fortransformationalchange.http://www.flickr.com/photos/plmccordj/56729378/sizes/z/in/photostream/
8. Implications for mobile, hybrid and online learningin the
Australian contextNew institutional thinking is needed in the
Australian context that: Establish new business andcurriculum
models And embed open andrecognition practices ascore business
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