The Cathedral's Ivory Tower and the Open Education Bazaar -- Catalyzing Innovation in the Higher Education Sector

Autor/inn/en	Rabin, Eyal; Kalman, Yoram M.; Kalz, Marco
Titel	The Cathedral's Ivory Tower and the Open Education Bazaar -- Catalyzing Innovation in the Higher Education Sector
Quelle	In: Open Learning, 35 (2020) 1, S.82-99 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Kalz, Marco)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0268-0513
DOI	10.1080/02680513.2019.1662285
Schlagwörter	Open Education; Educational Innovation; Higher Education; Models; Figurative Language; Universities; Technological Advancement; Influence of Technology; Open Source Technology; Open Educational Resources; College Role; Computer Software; Online Courses; Cost Effectiveness; Organizational Development + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Offene Erziehung; Offener Unterricht; Instructional innovation; Bildungsinnovation; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Analogiemodell; University; Universität; Technological development; Technologische Entwicklung; Online course; Online-Kurs; Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse; Kosten-Nutzen-Denken; Organisationsentwicklung
Abstract	Will open education replace traditional higher education, or augment it? Digital innovation in the higher education sector is fuelling speculation about the transformation of higher education and the future role of universities. Much of the speculation makes questionable implicit assumptions about current and future business models in the higher education sector. This conceptual paper applies an innovation management perspective to critically examine the use and misuse of the business model concept in the context of digital innovation in the higher education sector. Using Raymond's metaphor of the cathedral and the bazaar which contrasted traditional commercial software development (the cathedral) with open source software development (the bazaar). We analogise this relationship with the relationship between 'cathedral-type' business models in traditional higher education (e.g. universities) and 'bazaar-type' business models in open education (e.g. open educational resource publishers). Using the historical perspective we now have on the software industry's evolution we critique the ubiquitous replacement narrative of destruction and disruption of the sector, and propose an alternative narrative of interdependence and mutual innovative catalysis. We predict that higher education ecosystems will be based on synergistic relationships between organisations that represent many gradations on the continuum between 'cathedral-type' and 'bazaar-type' organisations. (As Provided).
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