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Category: Change

  • Bait and Switch?

    Tim Bray pulled what I would think is a typical university lecture today. One half of the presentation that was advertised as: “Whether or not you have any use for the term ‘Web2.0,’ it is undeniable that recent years have seen an explosion of creativity on the Internet… we should think together what kind of…

  • Ideas – Thoughts on online identity

    If you are at all interested in any of the elements of Web2.0 and how they interact with identity, this week’s Ideas is a great one to listen to. Things are certainly going to change over the next few years as the people we are teaching, the people who are making important choices have had…

  • Cyberbullying makes world news – finally

    I heard about this both on the BBC and on CBC (morning news) that the problem has gotten severe enough (1 in 4 students admit to doing it!) that the British government has made plans to do something about it. I wonder if they are doing this only because it’s impacting teachers as much as…

  • Another state sanctioned cyber attack?

    According to C|Net, China has been hacking away at New Zealand after also sanctioning action against Germany, the US and UK. I am taking this with a grain of salt (or MSG) right now, as I can’t bring myself to believe that something like this would happen and only C|Net would pick it up. But…

  • Cult of the Amateur

    I found an interesting post a few days ago about the cult of the amateur and how there are people who are afraid of this shift – like Keen. It also came up this week when I was talking to a couple of profs who were bemoaning how easy it is for people to get…