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* Five Resolutions for the Future of Education* | * Five Resolutions for the Future of Education* | ||
Whereas we value truth and humanity, it is morally imperative to help others when it comes at no cost to oneself. | *Whereas we value truth and humanity, it is morally imperative to help others when it comes at no cost to oneself. | ||
The marginal cost in the reproduction and transmission of information rapidly approaches zero, yet there exists a growing disparity in global levels of wealth and education, | *The marginal cost in the reproduction and transmission of information rapidly approaches zero, yet there exists a growing disparity in global levels of wealth and education, | ||
As members of an academic community we possess the technology, the means, and the intellectual capital to bridge that gap | *As members of an academic community we possess the technology, the means, and the intellectual capital to bridge that gap | ||
We believe that knowledge is power. | *We believe that knowledge is power. | ||
We should build a system that is capable of ensuring that our course materials are made freely available to the public. | 1) We should build a system that is capable of ensuring that our course materials are made freely available to the public. | ||
Institutions of higher education should provide a platform for both Faculty and Students to publish their work. | 2) Institutions of higher education should provide a platform for both Faculty and Students to publish their work. | ||
Academics should help to make public discourse more civil and better informed. | 3) Academics should help to make public discourse more civil and better informed. | ||
We should contribute to the intellectual commons that is emergent in cyberspace. | 4) We should contribute to the intellectual commons that is emergent in cyberspace. | ||
Technical assistance should be provided to those that wish to publish online but are unable to do so. | 5) Technical assistance should be provided to those that wish to publish online but are unable to do so. | ||
Revision as of 14:35, 8 April 2011
* Five Resolutions for the Future of Education*
- Whereas we value truth and humanity, it is morally imperative to help others when it comes at no cost to oneself.
- The marginal cost in the reproduction and transmission of information rapidly approaches zero, yet there exists a growing disparity in global levels of wealth and education,
- As members of an academic community we possess the technology, the means, and the intellectual capital to bridge that gap
- We believe that knowledge is power.
1) We should build a system that is capable of ensuring that our course materials are made freely available to the public.
2) Institutions of higher education should provide a platform for both Faculty and Students to publish their work.
3) Academics should help to make public discourse more civil and better informed.
4) We should contribute to the intellectual commons that is emergent in cyberspace.
5) Technical assistance should be provided to those that wish to publish online but are unable to do so.