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The Open University

Networked practitioner: open or closed practice?

The Open University via OpenLearn

Overview

This free course, Networked practitioner: open or closed practice?, starts a debate to support the decision-making process around openness and the different preferences we each have.

Syllabus

  • Introduction
  • Learning outcomes
  • 1 Investigating an open landscape
  • 1 Investigating an open landscape
  • 1.1 The variety of ‘open’
  • 2 Benefits of open and closed
  • 2 Benefits of open and closed
  • 2.1 Benefits of an open approach
  • 2.2 Risks of an open approach
  • 2.3 Balancing a more open or a more closed approach
  • 2.4 The case for closed: security
  • 2.5 Open, closed, usability, security – a fine balancing act
  • 3 Being a networked practitioner: privacy, identity and data ownership
  • 3 Being a networked practitioner: privacy, identity and data ownership
  • 3.1 Being a networked practitioner: sharing vs privacy
  • 3.2 Cookies
  • 3.3 What is a digital identity?
  • 3.4 How does this translate to open sharing and online issues of privacy and identity?
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Acknowledgements

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