Ανοικτή πρόσβαση και ανοικτή μάθηση: κοινωνικός αποκλεισμός - σύγχρονες πολιτικές και στρατηγικές ανάπτυξης

Abstract

The connection of Open Education to free access in learning leads to a radical approach of term ‘’education’’. The abolition of social, economic and demographic criteria introduces the new reality of the learning process through which social exclusion is eliminated so individual’s social integration will take place. This study focuses on illustrating the educational purpose of Open Education as an innovative educational process that eliminates discrimination and limitations. Then the conceptual approach of the term "social exclusion" is attempted, as well as the causes that provoke its existence and its impact on the individuals that experience it. However, a separation of the social from the educational exclusion needs to take place in order to find out if and how much the former depends on the latter and vice versa. Furthermore, we will have to seek the way of Open Education’s adjustment to current social and economic data because, although we are already aware of its radical role, Open Education needs to redefine its policy in order to set a new strategy for a constantly changing future.