Mike Seyfangs dump on his frustrations reporting on the CEGSA conference in South Australia, brings home the frustrations we are all experiencing regards the limitations of network access in education systems. Ironically Gerry Whites presentation (below) at the conference was urging a future for education which embraced ‘Openess’- of systems/content/applications. Mike’s comment really resonates with our own situation in NSW “All the CLOSED approach to the web achieves is a little arse coverage for management and a whole lot of grief for educators, students and supporters …” So when are we going to challenge the senior policy makers to allow for more open access to students- and education content providers to stop kidding themselves they can make a commercial gain on their content.