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- Disruptive Technologies - 2025
The National Intelligence Council has released a preliminary report describing “Six Technologies with Potential Impacts on US Interests to [the year] 2025.” What is most interesting is that the “Internet of Things” or, ubiquitous computing is one of the items on the list. I am curious how education and learning will fit into this scenario?
NIC [...]
- Mobile Perspectives: A Mobile Phone in Every Hand by 2020
The following quotes inspire much thought about mobile phones in developing economies.
“The mobile is to India what the motor car was to America,” says social scientist Shiv Viswanathan. It has opened up the world to the mohalla and vice versa. “There’s a tremendous opening up of space,” he says. But does more networking automatically mean [...]
- Social Networking: PennStates Perspective
Social Networking in Higher Education | Terra Incognita - A Penn State World Campus Blog
I am collecting references and inspiration of trends emerging in education. Here is one reference:
Open educational resources and personalized learning environments are hot topics these days in higher education and you’ve seen many related discussions here on Terra Incognita about [...]
- Softviews: Uis of the Future
MobHappy : Successful UIs of the Future: Those With The Best Internet Experience
I’ve mentioned before about how I think a key aspect of mobile operating systems of the near future will be the degree to and ease with which they can be customized with user interfaces. I think this is part of what’s behind the [...]
- Microblogging: The Future of Participatory Media
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Microblogging: Tiny social objects. On the future of participatory media
- Trend: Online Communities are Going Offline
The following commentary describe a trend I believe is worth following up on and examining, especailly with regards to collaborative learning practice. B.L. Ochman’s weblog: Internet marketing strategy, social media trends, news and commentary.: Where Is Online Going? Offline
“As more and more of our lives get locked up in the various electronic boxes we’re [...]
