I like the analogy of self-learning that Patrick made to self-taught programmers.
I think it's already happening, especially in technology. Many contributors to open source projectsare self taught programmers who found a tool that satisfied a need, then began development forpersonal use.
This is certainly true of most of the people who contribute to our software projects. I guess I can use myself as an example: I have never taken a course on anything to do with technology, but am the CIO of a university. But we have not gone for accreditation of our learning. On the other hand, the community in which we operate recognizes that we have learned something (otherwise I would not be here writing this). So perhaps a part of Education 3.0 is not accreditation per se, but “demonstrated community recognition of learning achieved” or something of that nature. Thus, passionate learner + F/OER + community = Accreditation 3.0.
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