Minds on Fire: Open Education, the Long Tail, and Learning 2.0 (EDUCAUSE Review) | EDUC... - 0 views
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virtually any place on earth can be connected to markets anywhere else on earth and can become globally competitive.
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continuous learning and for the ongoing creation of new ideas and skills.
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f access to higher education is a necessary element in expanding economic prosperity and improving the quality of life,
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The most profound impact of the Internet, an impact that has yet to be fully realized, is its ability to support and expand the various aspects of social learning. What do we mean by "social learning"? Perhaps the simplest way to explain this concept is to note that social learning is based on the premise that our understanding of content is socially constructed through conversations about that content and through grounded interactions, especially with others, around problems or actions. The focus is not so much on what we are learning but on how we are learning….