Because I haven't been to OpenEd for some 15 years I guess I am not part of the 'the open education community'. So the firestorm over that panel missed me completely, or it did, at least, until I saw a headline for a Chronicle paywalled article. But you don't need to pay for this story; it's all over the #OpenEd19 Twitter space. The gist: the organizers of OpenEd19 in Phoenix decided to convene a panel of commercial publishers. There could be questions, but they would be pre-screened and vetted. There was a storm of protest, and then organizers cancelled the panel, citing "posts that were abusive and harassing" (I read the full Twitter thread and confess I didn't find any such. Doesn't mean it didn't happen). See also this article and this article for more coverage.
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