[Script Info] Title: [Events] Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.00,0:00:05.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On the relevance of education... Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.00,0:00:06.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, is education relevant? Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.00,0:00:09.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The answer to that is education is at least Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.00,0:00:12.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as relevant as ever, probably more relevant than ever Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.00,0:00:15.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because so much of what we need to do in our daily lives Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.00,0:00:18.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,requires more education that has in the past. Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.00,0:00:23.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So education is important and relevant. Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.00,0:00:26.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is the way that is delivered or provided to us always relevant? Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.00,0:00:29.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The answer of course is no. Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.00,0:00:31.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Academic… Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.00,0:00:34.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the word academic is almost synonymous with irrelevant. Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.00,0:00:39.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So there are large strides that we need to make, Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.00,0:00:42.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,things we need to do in terms of connecting what we do Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.00,0:00:44.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in our formal education programs to people’s real lives Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.00,0:00:45.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that they care about them. Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.00,0:00:51.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in some ways Open Educational Resources is useful in helping to do that Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.00,0:00:54.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they’re not things that have to be kept inside school, Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.00,0:00:57.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you can only use at school and you have to leave at school. Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.00,0:01:00.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They go out into your life with you, you find them when you search on Google, Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.00,0:01:03.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they’re just more connected to your life. Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.00,0:01:09.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I think they are a nice bridge into making education slightly more relevant, hopefully, in the way that is delivered.