{"id":15,"date":"2013-03-21T09:47:46","date_gmt":"2013-03-21T09:47:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jugu.org\/gblog\/?p=15"},"modified":"2013-03-21T10:07:15","modified_gmt":"2013-03-21T10:07:15","slug":"are-we-literate-andor-are-we-needy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jugu.org\/gblog\/2013\/03\/21\/are-we-literate-andor-are-we-needy\/","title":{"rendered":"Are we literate and\/or are we needy?"},"content":{"rendered":"

This may be preaching to the converted \u2013 those of us who are using and enjoying the H817open technical interface without any real problems. But \u2013 just in case \u2013 let me offer two scenarios:<\/p>\n

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  1. There are no material problems with the interface<\/i>.
    \nIt involves 4 links (learning site, blog registration, blog aggregator, forum) and the setting-up of a blog. \u00a0There is a print format option for those who like their learning materials full-screen or downloaded. None of this should cause difficulty to the reasonably literate group who are the audience \u2013 mainly people in academia in some way.
    \nThere is evidence for and against this proposition.\u00a0 Many of us are having few problems.\u00a0 However the numerous repetitive requests for help, responded by the ever patient and helpful Paige and Alan, suggest that the set-up is either faulty or too complex.<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. There are material problems with the interface or the instructions are too complex.
    \n<\/i>If this is true then either Open University is inept at building a site designed for open access or the assumptions about the digital literacy of the participants is invalid.
    \nIf the former, then the problem is temporary \u2013 just a learning curve or OpenLearn rebuild issue, however irritating to current participants.\u00a0 If the latter, however, it is a fundamental challenge to assumptions that open learning is the next big thing.\u00a0 If our relatively literate community is struggling, what chance for those new to the open, online environment?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Answers on a postcard please \u2013 in case the blog aggregator\u00a0doesn’t\u00a0work!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    This may be preaching to the converted \u2013 those of us who are using and enjoying the H817open technical interface without any real problems. But \u2013 just in case \u2013 let me offer two scenarios: There are no material problems with the interface. It involves 4 links (learning site, blog registration, blog aggregator, forum) and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[2],"class_list":["post-15","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-h817open-2","tag-h817open"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jugu.org\/gblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jugu.org\/gblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jugu.org\/gblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jugu.org\/gblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jugu.org\/gblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/jugu.org\/gblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25,"href":"https:\/\/jugu.org\/gblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15\/revisions\/25"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jugu.org\/gblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jugu.org\/gblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jugu.org\/gblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}