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Stephen Downes

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The question posed in this debate is whether "mainstreaming the use of Open Educational Practices (OEP) will really transform education". I would like to point out that 'mainstream' is not a verb. Ack! I hate bureaucratic language. Anyways:

On the pro side, "There are 3 main problems that educational systems around the world share that mainstreaming OEP helps solve:
1. Governments, taxpayers and families are paying too much for education
2. There’s a shortage of effective teachers
3. We do not know enough about how individuals and groups learn"

And on the con side: "there is precious little evidence that, where these practices are being mainstreamed they are driving broader processes of educational transformation. Rather, two things are tending to happen. Either:
1. Educational transformation is already happening [and] OER is merely helping to reinforce and support those processes; or
2. OER is... doing nothing much, in itself, to transform education."

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