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March 27, 2005
Open Source/Open Access as a Social Constructionist Epistemology
Open Source/Open Access as a Social Constructionist Epistemology by Charles Lowe is an interesting flash presentation. I found it a bit reductionist, and somewhat superficial in its reading of Academic social interaction. Not untrue in the most, but selective. But the same with the open source/access community. I guess it is a bit evangelical. I agree with it over all, and I'm hopeful of the goals, especially with open source learning which most educators have been tacitly involved in for eternity. Note that constructionism IS a perspective that was articulated in the academy, amongst early childhood educators, I might add. And that what we know of the roots of open source movement(s) have a tie in with academic traditions.
Thanks for pointing this out to me jeremy!
Posted by jason at March 27, 2005 11:41 AM