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first thoughts on Open education as a ‘heterotopia of desire’

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Just to set the tone I am currently at insomnia62, a BYOC Lan hall gaming festival, with the big sprog. I don't know if it is the upside down sleep, the immersion in fantasy games or all the shite food we have been eating but by this point I am tripping. Everything has taken on that surreal edge that it does when you are overtired and overstimulated and I a not entirely sure how long I can stay awake... probably not the best candidate for a 24/7 gaming fest. Though they do have energy shots on sale lmao

How is this relevant I hear you cry? Well tbh I am not sure if it is but will try and tenuously loop it in. 

So I thought, seeing as I am thoroughly 'plugged in', I would catch up on some OU work. HAHAHAHAHA yeah that's going great.

I make myself focus at the screen, I have already read Dave's Blog Post 'what do you mean open?' and it piqued my interest enough that the tab is still open and I will probably follow him down his rabbit hole later on tonight...  Brill, chip chip chipping away. Then I picked Gourlay's Open education as a ‘heterotopia of desire’, the thought processes went something along the lines of 'pick another... piiick another.... (tweet tweet birdie noises) erm which to pick? Not that one it has strange words in the title, what even is a heteratopia? Why desire? Oh now I have wondered about it, I'm going to have to pick that one aren't I... sigh... okay here goes. (trepidation filled click) WTH?!!! Who swallowed the thesaurus? what were they on when they wrote this? Its like they puked a dictionary... FML'

So yeah, I didn't make it past the abstract... 

I wonder if an important element of something being 'open' should be that anyone/everyone can understand it...

I will try and decode it later. For now Assasins Creed is calling and immersion is imminent.

x

(p.s this is a pic of 1600 ish players in one room... the NEC internet capabilities must be immense)

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