Chapter 8 wrap-up and a conclusion of sorts
You have now finished Chapter 8.
…and you have finished reading Communication Concepts.
This book, too, is a product of a participatory culture. It has been a collective endeavour supported by the learning community of ACX701 Communication Concepts and, more broadly, the OER (open educational resources) community of practice at Deakin University. As you’ve seen, students have participated in the knowledge-work that created this book, adding their voices and perspectives so that we could take the object of communication, tip and turn it, pass it around, and explore it from many vantage points.
The writing of this book has also involved participation in the open textbook culture. Writing an open textbook involves remix practices, collaboration, and a sense of scholarly collegiality: I borrow from others – respectfully, and with attribution – and I respond to, adapt, and transform existing ideas, allowing my own ideas to be transformed in turn.
This to me is also the best of academic thinking. We engage with ideas, we respect and acknowledge the sources of information, and we respond, adapt, transform. In doing so, we participate in the building of knowledge.
And of course this book is a space of growth, because new members of the Communication Concepts learning community will participate in its ongoing development.
Thank you for reading!
Very best wishes,
Erin Hawley (February 2024)
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