@Downes Braiding need not involve braiding separate perspectives or points of view together. One takeaway that I had from hearing @Darrion speak about braiding in Edmonton was that braiding strands together strengthens. A rope made of many strands braided together is stronger than a single strand on its own.
“Braided Texture” by Theen … is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.
It is this kind of braiding that I contemplate for open. I think braiding the different forms of open together (open education, open science, open access, open source, open data, …) will strengthen open in education.
But, perhaps, in the spirit of Reimagining Open at the Crossroads Activity 2 What if? I should ask
What if all the strands of open in education were woven together?