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OpenEd Evangelist - The Reaction

With the course almost over, I decided to undertake the OpenEd Evangelism badge. The requirements for the OpenEd Evangelist badge are: OpenEd Evangelist  (Journeyman level, complete for 1 topic to earn the badge) Construct an argument by which you could persuade someone to adopt the topic as an ongoing practice. Your argument should include at least five elements (kinds of evidence), with references.Write a blog post describing your argument in detail.  Have a conversation with a faculty member in which you use your argument to try to persuade them to adopt the topic as an ongoing practice.  Without revealing his or her identity, write a blog post describing your conversation and the reactions, responses, counterarguments, and concerns of the faculty member and announcing your intent to have completed the badge. Here are the reactions I got from a fellow colleague (on the previous Formulation post): I must admit that my formulation wasn't completely new...

OpenEd Evangelist - The Formulation

With the course almost over, I decided to undertake the OpenEd Evangelism badge. The requirements for the OpenEd Evangelist badge are: OpenEd Evangelist (Journeyman level, complete for 1 topic to earn the badge) Construct an argument by which you could persuade someone to adopt the topic as an ongoing practice. Your argument should include at least five elements (kinds of evidence), with references.Write a blog post describing your argument in detail.  Have a conversation with a faculty member in which you use your argument to try to persuade them to adopt the topic as an ongoing practice.  Without revealing his or her identity, write a blog post describing your conversation and the reactions, responses, counterarguments, and concerns of the faculty member and announcing your intent to have completed the badge. So for this blog post I will formulate my argument.  My main argument around Open Education is that it benefits the learners and as such department...