The Crumbling of the OpenEd Coalition
Michael Feldstein,
eLiterate,
Nov 02, 2019
Michael Feldstein writes that the recent break-down at the OpenEd conference was years in the making. "The OpenEd conference as we know it is dead because it represents a coalition that has, at least for the moment, crumbled under the weight of its own growth and diversification." In particular, "the balance of attendees at OpenEd has changed from a high percentage individual contributors who sometimes felt alienated from the decision-making processes in their home institutions toward a higher percentage of participants who came precisely to advance institutional initiatives." These 'institutional initiatives' were, in my view, mostly commercial interests, and that's what created the tension. Image via Rajiv Jhangiani.
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