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I’ll happily admit my bias: higher needs to be rethought and restructured. But it’s important to take an accurate look at where we are and where we might end up (a subject for futures thinking, as stated previously). Higher education is not (yet?) in decline. It’s growing. Rapidly. Daily announcements are made about funding for [...]

I had the pleasure last week of presenting to Mohawk College (they recently switched to D2L and the conference was focused on transitioning to online and blended learning). Then, a short hop over to uOttawa for a presentation on emerging technologies and social learning. After a brief trip home (to watch my youngest daughter play [...]

I frequently cite developments in journalism and news media because this field has been dealing with changes in information interaction (and associated power shifts) by end users for a longer period than education has. Emerging technologies have “brought about a revolution in content creation, granting the ability of self-publishing to anyone with an Internet browser”. [...]

It’s probably a good idea to have a bit of an understanding on what’s happening with Google. The 2008 Founder’s Letter is worth a quick read: New and amazing computational capabilities will be born that we cannot even imagine today. While about half the people in the world are online today via computers and mobile [...]

Should Computer Scientists Make Social-Networking Research a Higher Priority?: “Facebook and Wikipedia are just the beginning. The real power of social networks will be showcased by projects that unite far-flung participants to help track disease outbreaks, revolutionize neighborhood-watch programs, encourage energy conservation, and serve other civic and community goals…”. No doubt, social networks will grow [...]