What Does ‘Open’ Really Mean? | EdSurge News

Editor’s note: This post was first published on Wiley’s blog in response to an EdSurge story.

"EdSurge published an opinion piece by Stephen Laster, the Chief Digital Officer at McGraw-Hill Education, titled The Future of Education Isn’t Free. It’s Open. The article makes a strong argument for the importance of interoperability among learning platforms, tools and content. I enthusiastically and wholeheartedly endorse this message—interoperability of platforms, tools and resources is absolutely critical to education becoming significantly more effective—and significantly less annoying—in the future.

However.

While I wholeheartedly support, endorse, approve and praise arguments extolling the virtues of interoperability, I unequivocally renounce, oppose and reject arguments that...

Editor’s note: This post was first published on Wiley’s blog in response to an EdSurge story.

"EdSurge published an opinion piece by Stephen Laster, the Chief Digital Officer at McGraw-Hill Education, titled The Future of Education Isn’t Free. It’s Open. The article makes a strong argument for the importance of interoperability among learning platforms, tools and content. I enthusiastically and wholeheartedly endorse this message—interoperability of platforms, tools and resources is absolutely critical to education becoming significantly more effective—and significantly less annoying—in the future.

However.

While I wholeheartedly support, endorse, approve and praise arguments extolling the virtues of interoperability, I unequivocally renounce, oppose and reject arguments that attempt to weaken the meaning of “open.” Unfortunately, the article seems to be as much an attempt to redefine open ...