Couros - PLN's and open teaching

Today, I've read the chapter from Alec Couros titled Developing Personal Learning Networks for Open and Social Learning (see references below). There is lots in this article that I saw reflected in my own teaching. As he lays our the theoretical frameworks, these mirror my own. As he describes the decisions made in course design are similar to my own. What really caught my attention was the description of open teaching:

"the facilitation of learning experiences that are open, transparent, collaborative, and social. Open teachers are advocates of a free and open knowledge society, and support their students in the critical consumption, production, connections and synthesis of knowledge through the shared development of learning networks." (Couros, p 115)

Couros provides a listing of typical activities which resemble those I have integrated into the courses I teach. Since this was written prior to my courses being developed, and the research was conducted as I was completing my MET, I am aware of the influence of this seminal work in the work I currently conduct in the Faculty of Education. (Analysis - interrogating, ideology, authorship, content, questioning)

References

Couros, A. (?) Developing personal learning networks for open and social learning. Chapter 6
Retrieved from http://www.aupress.ca/books/120177/ebook/06_Veletsianos_2010-Emerging_Technologies_in_Distance_Education.pdf 

Veletsianos, G. ed. (2010). Emerging technologies in distance education. Athabasca University Press. Retrieved from http://www.aupress.ca/index.php/books/120177