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Stephen Downes summarizes, "Sir John Daniel strikes me here as the one who sees himself as holding the fort for the university against the unruly masses."
"The world of academia is a rigid hierarchy, a world of titles and peerage, of appointments to positions of authority for life, of slow reflexes, impervious to change, and little regard for the needs of the of common people. That there is so little value in teaching, so slight heed to the barriers of rising tuition and limited access, such slowness to adapt to technology, ought to be seen as damning arguments against its continued existence, to be seen as evidence that they are not qualified to evaluate for knowledge and grant credentials. There may be some ceremonial value in traditional academia. But it's time they handed over the keys to the fortress to the people who, quite rightly, own it."Read more...
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Revolutions in higher education: how many dimensions of openness? by Sir John Daniel
Source: Stephen Downes
