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Moore's Law - the proposition that computer capabilities double approximately every 18 months - suggests that we are riding an exponential tidal wave that will, say the MIT researchers, make many human skills redundant. But six will survive, say Messrs Brynjolfsson and McAfee, no matter how fast and smart computers become. Those skills are: statistical insight; managing group dynamics; good writing; framing and solving open-ended problems; persuasion; and human nurturing. These will define the jobs they think will exist at the end of the universe.

“do-it-yourself learning management systems.”

Components in my conception of DIYLMS include·         A wiki portal for course information and organization, with links pertinent to course content and management, and other relevant resources, such as screencasts and tutorials·         Google Docs for student submission of assignments, and teacher feedback on student writing·         Blogging, to showcase student work·         Etherpad clones for group collaboration tasks·         Jing and Screenr to create and annotated screen-capture and screencast tutorials·         A back-channel tool such as Twitter, Skype group chat, or Edmodo·         In teacher training, I also use these synchronous learning tools o   Skype group chat as a synchronous AND asynchronous forum o   Google Hangout for live webcam and voice-enabled interaction o   WiZiQ