7+-+Globalization+and+Commercialization

=**__Globalization and Commercialization__**=
 * ==The trend is toward “the transition of education, from being a publicly owned and funded cultural service that is central to the social and cultural goals of each nation, to being a private-good subject to the market orientation of suppliers and consumers on a transnational scale.”==
 * ==Positives – more choices for the learner (consumer), more “openness”==
 * ==Negative – could reduce teaching to a “process of training workers for the productive economy and training them to become consumers of mass-produced good and services” – in addition, universities and educational institutions become solely focused on generating income and satisfying “customers”==

**__Changes Needed in Use of Terminology__**

 * ==The words we use are important as they affect the way we think==
 * =="Tele-learning," "asynchronous learning," and "e-learning" emphasize the //communication medium// being used==
 * =="Distributed learning" and "distance learning" focus on the //location of the learners//==
 * =="Open learning" and "flexible learning" emphasize the //relative freedom of online learning compared to a traditional classroom//==
 * ==But the way we think about concepts affects research and policy so using the right terms is important==
 * ==Imagine the change in attitude that could be made by changing "teaching-learning system" (where the power lies with the teacher and the learner has little autonomy) to "learning-teaching system"==
 * ==As we leave the text and go forth, keep this idea in mind - the way we talk about things matters==