Open-Source Learning:
an educational philosophy
for the information age

Everyone loves learning. The problem is our formal system of education. My name is David Preston. I work with students, teachers, and organizational leaders to develop learning experiences that immediately…

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David Preston

DAVID PRESTON is a teacher, speaker, writer, and consultant who has taught university and K-12 courses for 25 years.

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Will this blog see tomorrow?

A student's first impression of Open Source Learning. Below is a post I wrote to students after our first day of class. Remember what your first day of class was…

Achieve the impossible

How one student used Open Source Learning to transform a high school English course and learn to fly. Flying an airplane and becoming a pilot are a long way from…

Learning without a ceiling

A high school student turned her classmates loose in the wild to teach us all about nature, engineering, and ourselves.   Over Memorial Day weekend 2014 my daughter and I…

I can’t believe how much fun I had in an English class! It has been my pleasure to work and be taught by a teacher like you.  I cannot thank you enough for all you’ve done for me!

Miranda Nillo, Student