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B Gruff <bbgruff@xxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> On Wednesday 05 July 2006 07:18 Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> __/ [ B Gruff ] on Tuesday 04 July 2006 20:14 \__
>>
>>> On Tuesday 04 July 2006 19:27 Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>
>>>> The Universities of Tomorrow Must Stay in Touch With Developing
>>>> Technology
>>>>
>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>> | Two examples of how to make tht most of it are the Open Content and
>>>> | Open Source movements. The OU joins the first this autumn when it
>>>> | launches a selection of its material on the web, free to use. It
>>>> | already participates in the other, using Moodle (an open source code)
>>>> | for its virtual learning platform.
>>>> `----
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
> http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/558563/openeye_the_universities_of_tomorrow_must_stay_in_touch_with/index.html?source=r_technology
>>>
>>> This is THE Open University (OUR Open University)?
>>> ...going Open??
>>>
>>> ....oh yes....:-)
>>
>> That's the impression I got. There are "Open Universities" in many places
>> around the world, but I am not sure that all are keen on teaching methods
>> rather than tools. From experience, the staff there is very
>> 'conventional'. Budgets, on the other hand, cannot be ignored.
>
> Yep - it's THE OU:-
>
> "The Open University (OU) is the UK's only university dedicated to distance
> learning. We have around 150,000 undergraduate and more than 30,000
> postgraduate students and 14,000 staff members. More than two million
> people have studied a course with the Open University"
>
> That's "ours":-)
>
I know - I have a postgraduate certificate in management from same!
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