[p2p-research] If learning was free

[Ryan]

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Jarche by Harold Jarche on 9/20/09

Writing If TV Ads for Free, Seth Godin looks at the business and says
that the reason there was so much talk about advertising instead of
just doing it was because TV ads are expensive. Not all ideas could
make it to the broadcast medium. However, with web social media, the
cost is minimal with few barriers to entry:

You guessed it: new media is largely free. So why teach it in school as
if it were a scary theory? Why encourage people to be afraid? Just do
it. Build your own platform. Appear in the places that seem productive
or interesting or challenging or fun. Experiment quietly, figure out
what works, do it more. No need to be a dilettante, and certainly you
shouldn’t spread yourself too thin or quit at the first sign of
failure… but… quit waiting for the right answer.

Anybody see a parallel here with instructional systems design or
curriculum development? These processes take time and money and once
the investment is made, nobody wants to do it again. Web media can be
created quickly and, if designed in an open manner, can change
according to the needs of learners and facilitators. For instance, we
developed the Work Literacy site in about a week and at no cost. It was
added to and modified by the participants. Everyone was an unpaid
volunteer. Total cost: zero.

Design is a craft and takes practice and so does instructional media
design. Now you can practice these for free. With the web, learning is
free; “quit waiting for the right answer”.

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