Two weeks ago I received an email where someone characterized me as “in the trenches” of open education. When I started down this path, “the trenches” was not my desired destination. I’m not sure how I ended up here.
It has been a funny few weeks in the world of open culminating with Pearson’s announcement of an LMS that is, “freer than Moodle,” and the resulting, disappointing, predictable press coverage that tries to bait us into holy wars and worn generalizations.
We are bickering and grousing around the edges of open while there is legitimate threat to the core.