Building Commons in Digital Learning
What would it mean to build digital learning environments that belong to everyone who participates in them?
Most online education still relies on platforms that prioritise control and efficiency over collaboration and shared care. Yet open education and federated infrastructures suggest an alternative. They point towards a digital learning commons where knowledge, resources, and practices are sustained collectively.
In my latest post, I explore how such commons might emerge through co-creation, reciprocity, and shared stewardship. How can we design digital learning spaces that foster participation rather than compliance?
Read the full post here:
e-learning-rules.com/blog/0054…
Retro 1970s sci-fi city of modular servers and people linking, tending, and maintaining a federated learning network beneath orbital paths, evoking commoning, care, and shared digital infrastructure.
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Building Commons in Digital Learning
Explores how educators and institutions can cultivate shared spaces of knowledge, resources, and practice that embody the imaginary of the common good, through OERs, federated platforms, and collective governance.www.e-learning-rules.com
Reclaiming Society - How Progressive Education Can Resist the Rise of Extremism
New blog post now live.
What role can education - especially in its online and digital forms - play in resisting the rise of extremism and reclaiming democratic values?
In this piece, I explore how progressive, participatory learning can help counter polarisation, challenge market-driven narratives, and build civic agency. This isn’t just a curriculum question - it’s a question of what kind of society we want education to support.
Read the full post:
e-learning-rules.com/blog/0025…
#Education #CriticalPedagogy #ProgressiveEducation #DigitalLearning #OpenEducation #FriendicaEdu
New blog post: Time to Reopen the Conversation on OERs
Open Educational Resources (OERs) once held real promise for widening participation and improving access in UK higher education. But in many institutions—especially within the Russell Group—they’ve faded from strategic view.
In this post, I reflect on why now is the right time to revisit the role of OERs in digital education, equity, and curriculum innovation.
📖 Read the full article:
👉 e-learning-rules.com/blog/0014…
#OER #OpenEducation #UKHE #HigherEducation #DigitalPedagogy #EducationTechnology #CriticalPedagogy
Hello Fediverse!
I'm Stephen Wheeler, an eLearning Technologist at The University of Manchester. My work focuses on online and distance learning, including MOOCs, OERs, and student-centred design rooted in critical pedagogy. I advocate for Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) and ethical, decentralised platforms that support authentic engagement and inclusive education.
I'm here to connect with fellow educators, technologists, and open education advocates, and to explore how platforms like Friendica can support collaborative, non-commercial educational spaces.
Looking forward to meaningful conversations across the Fediverse!
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