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Patrick Blessinger

Patrick Blessinger

Patrick Blessinger is an adjunct associate professor of education at St John’s University in New York City, United States, and chief research scientist for the International Higher Education Teachi
Open education is key to the future of learning
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Open education is key to the future of learning

Photo by Nathan Dumlao [https://unsplash.com/@nate_dumlao?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] on Unsplash [https://unsplash.com/s/photos/open-sign?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] Education is the key to human development and social mobility.
03 Mar 2020 2 min read
Enabling lifelong learning through open education
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Enabling lifelong learning through open education

Broadly speaking, open education (OE) is the widening of access to high quality educational resources in order to promote lifelong learning and greater participation in higher learning and training. One of the driving principles of OE is that lifelong learning is a human right. Thus, at its heart, OE is
05 Mar 2018 2 min read
Strengthening Democracy Through Open Education
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Strengthening Democracy Through Open Education

This blog post was originally published by Patrick Blessinger as an article on University World News – you can access it here [http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20170502124125567]. Open Education: International Perspectives in Higher Education can be read and downloaded for free here [http://www.openbookpublishers.com/product/531/
09 May 2017 4 min read
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