<p>In South Africa, the <a href="http://www.capetowndeclaration.org/" target="_new">Cape Town Open Education Declaration</a>
was launched which aims to make learning and teaching materials freely available
online and improve the quality of education in schools in South Africa
and the rest of the world. The declaration has some high-profile
international signatories, including Ubuntu's Mark Shuttleworth, Jimmy
Wales of Wikipedia, Lawrence Lessig of Creative Commons and musician
Peter Gabriel.</p><br>Quoting from this blog: <a href="http://www.tectonic.co.za/?p=2069">http://www.tectonic.co.za/?p=2069</a><br><br>"The concept of open education combines the open source aspects of
allowing free access to the source and the freedom to make changes
together with a focus on the learners that allows them to provide
feedback and become more deeply involved in the teaching process.
Through this collaboration the aim is to provide educational materials
that are individually tailored to best suit the needs of the learners."<br><br>Open Education is an interesting model and something that many of us educators are probably already doing.<br><br>Regards Roland<br>-- <br>
Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College<br><a href="http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au">http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au</a><br><br>"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has." --Margaret Mead