Tech Task #5 - Quote on sharing/teaching

As per my usual way of exploring ideas, I had to find an online talk by David Wiley to find more depth to the quote we are asked to comment on. Back in 2010, Mr. Wiley gave a TEDx talk on the topic of Openness in Education and the Future. What I came away with are more quotable smart sound bites and that's just from the first 5 minutes!
Here they are!
The role of openness in education means to share, to be generous, and to give. "If there is no sharing there is no education." He says that the most successful educators share the most thoroughly with the most students. The digital expression of knowledge means that access to expertise is no longer a barrier. It is the ability to give and receive knowledge without it having to be given away such as a volume off a shelf that if missing limits access until it is returned.
This to me gives so much more depth to the statement "If there is no sharing, there is no teaching."
At the beginning of my studies at the University and in first-year placements, I had the perception that the expertise of those around me was something that was coveted and reluctantly given away. I know this to be utterly false now but nevertheless, this false perception caused me some stress. I am glad to have been shaken off that perception and willingly participate in exchanges of expertise with colleagues and professors whenever the opportunity presents itself. Becoming engaged with technology is the way to make this exchange possible without a doubt!