From Smart Mobs: “Connectivism: Rethinking Learning”, a link to an exceptional analysis of the future of academia. Go watch the whole presentation—especially academic readers. Please.
It’s actually important more if you’re a graduate student now.
[because if you're past that stage... you may already be broken]
When human beings learned to make watches, the universe was likened to a watch (Deists). When human beings learned to make computers, the universe was likened to a computer (Wolfram). When human beings learned to make networks, learning was likened to a network.
It all seems so obvious — but perhaps there’s a value to pointing out and generalizing from the obvious.
Could I use that presentation to get a local university to hire me to teach Wikipedia editing?
These might be interesting ideas, but I’m afraid I don’t speak Internet Revolution Buzzword well enough to evaluate them.
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