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If it is true that the present age shows a retreat from globalism in a G-Zero world, then it may be that the appeal of creating online learning contents and learning sequences for free for the betterment of others may be a non-starter. If the ecosystem is about everyone for themselves, why start in a dominated position and sure-lose strategy? This chapter asks a critical question about what the future of open sharing may look like, and why. What would be the optimal (aspirational?) scenario (s) for humanity? What are some possible futures at the macro-, meso-, and micro- scales, and why? What are ways to reconfigure incentives and disincentives for the optimal outcomes? And most importantly, how does the reader see himself or herself (or themselves) in this space into the near-future, mid-term future, and long-term future, and how do they plan to get themselves into their desirable future?
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- Lindy’s Law (Lindy Effect)
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A concept that the length of time that something non-perishable has existed will suggest how much longer it will continue (longer survival rates of an object may indicate continuing longer term survival or life expectancy)
- Open Sharing
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The combination of open-access, open-source, and social-sharing of originally-created objects (in this case, learning objects and learning sequences)
- Open Source
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Availability of original source code
- Point of View (POV)
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A subjective perspective, a unique worldview
- Possible Futures
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Potential alternate (and somewhat mutually exclusive) prospects in the near-term, mid-term, and future term
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Hai-Jew, S. (2019). Some Possible Futures of Openly Sharing Learning. In: Designing Instruction For Open Sharing. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02713-1_11
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