Meanwhile, we need to watch for where innovations occur. That’s largely going to be Web 2.0, a hub of invention so busy that it’s difficult to keep up.
It's the latest chapter in an evolving debate about the place of innovation in higher education. Is outsourcing teaching -- especially for huge and often poorly run introductory courses -- a way for colleges to catch up with other industries and rein in out-of-control costs? Or does it mean gutting what makes universities special?
This is a very short but interesting description of a great application of the internet to connect with your neighbors-- "neighbornodes." I had never heard of these before but thought maybe someone else had. They seem like a great idea not only for promoting a sense of community, but also for security reasons as well! Ideas such as this tie into our discussion for this week of digital communications among neighbors.
This extraordinary book explains the engine that has catapulted the Internet
from backwater to ubiquity—and reveals that it is sputtering precisely because
of its runaway success. With the unwitting help of its users, the generative
Internet is on a path to a lockdown, ending its cycle of innovation—and
facilitating unsettling new kinds of control