Comments on: DIY U: Edupunks, Edupreneurs, and the Coming Transformation of Higher Education

By: Mary Churchill

Mary Churchill — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 12:30:51 +0000

I am a strong supporter of Anya’s work and the Edupunk movement. However, I am concerned about the role of the teacher in a student-centered transformation. In my opinion, any radical transformation of higher education/education needs to focus on three key elements: the teacher, the process of learning, and the student.

I lead a collaborative blog venture- The University of Venus – and I wrote a post on DIYU and Edupunk earlier last week – you can find it here – The Edupunks are coming…to an Edu-Factory near you! – http://uvenus.wordpress.com/2010/04/06/the-edupunks-are-coming-%E2%80%A6-to-an-edu-factory-near-you/. I would be interested to hear what you have to say.

Great blog! I arrived here via a tweet from Christine Geith.

By: Mark Mcguire

Mark Mcguire — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 23:37:51 +0000

Hi Juliet.

The transformation seems to be happening much more quickly in other countries, particularly the USA, where there are many different models of provision and new initiatived springing up all the time. The financial crisis has placed increasing preasure on established institutions to find ways to collaborate with one other (and with private companies in many cases) in order to remain viable. A lot will depend on how we students (and I mean all of us) vote with our feet, our eyeballs, and our money.

By: Juliet

Juliet — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 23:14:59 +0000

Fascinating stuff, hearing about the work of Anya Kamenetz. I don’t think the transformation of learning is happening much in New Zealand yet although sites like Wikieducator could be the start of it. Juliet