This article has 54 authors (I counted) each of whom offers a unique perspective on opennes in education in contribiutions ranging from a few words to a few paragraphs. I would be hard-pressed to disagree with any of these perspectives, and there does appear to be an understanding among them that openness should be understood in all its flavours and complexities. Still, with all due respect to Jane Austin, it is not true that "human beings naturally inhabit an open ecosystem, engaging in complex, multifaceted interactions with their environment." If there is any feature persistent in our ecosystems, both social and natural, it is the existence of barriers of all kinds, which openess, both as an idea and a movement, helps us overcome, to the benefit of all. And that it seems to me is the true message of this article. Image: Arnold and Mundy.
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