At the STELLAR network Big Meeting today, one of the proposed Grand Challenge Problems reviewed was "Supporting an Open Culture of Design for TEL". We've posted it here for public review:

https://plus.google.com/102352099876644260792/posts/9ZTZfFfAuye

The last decade has seen a growing trend towards a shift in the perceived role of educators: from providers of knowledge to designers of learning experiences. The call for such a repositioning of educators is heard from leaders in the field of TEL and resonates well with the growing culture of design-based research in education. Yet, it is still struggling to find a foothold in educational practice. We contend the root cause for this discrepancy is the lack of appropriate representations of design knowledge in education, and the tools to manipulate such representations.

Thus, we pose the following grand challenge: how do we create a platform for open, live, malleable, dynamic representation of design knowledge in TEL, supporting collaborative processes of design for learning, learning to design, and learning by design, and including the broadest community possible in these processes.