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Quote: "Soon, hardware and software that track your location will be providing directions, offering shopping discounts, and aiding rescue workers-services that promise a windfall for ailing telecom carriers.
Comment:Great potential for positive use...great potential for abuse. Our "private self" is under constant pressure for exploitation by commercial interests (for example, our spending habits/history are very valuable to marketers).
While the article has nothing to do with elearning, it's worth noting that in many areas of our lives, we have the ability to influence what is said about us (i.e. credit report - a process is in place to update, review). Unfortunately, we don't have a learning record available that we control. Our history of learning is typically kept by the institution we attended...and doesn't reflect our informal learning and life experiences. Our learning history (formal and informal) is very valuable in demonstrating our competence to potential employers...I'm surprised a more structured process has not been developed to express our learning (we still rely on resumes...and the occasional portfolio).