Stephen Downes

This site is the draft manuscript of a book that was published in dead-tree format earlier this year. The book expresses author Kathleen Fitzpatrick's "desire to see universities and those who work in and around them... develop more responsive, more open, more positive relationships that reach across the borders of our campuses." It's about listening before speaking, collaborating before competing, etc. It also involves working in publish, and reaffirms the idea of the university (and education in general) as a public space.