Dr. Wagner's talk was very informative as all of our speakers' talks have ben; I enjoyed hers more than Kurt Bonk's as it seemed more grounded in the realities of social networking and web 1-2-3-4. Since Wagner, Bonk, and are all interrelated, there is a lot of breadth to the developing discussion and that in itself is very illuminating to the process of e-learning. Transparency is a big issue here and a very unsettling one indeed. I believe the people "farther up the food chain" need to be more transparent by far in their dealings with everyone else, I.e. more honesty and inclusiveness are needed desperately for institutions in academics and for corporate entities to survive in this brave new world. It is reaching critical mass now and the technology world is no exception. Ellen brought up the fact that we have to leave a trail of tech for others to follow, and I agree with this. She responded favorably to my point about e-waste (the hardware kind) being a big issue in a world "going green". We cannot give short shrift to this problem. People burning computer waste in India to get the copper causes serious pollutants to leach into the air you and I breathe, and it is going to get worse. Gotta clean the dishes before we get dessert, though most won't want to do this, of course.
The Gartner hype cycle presents a good plain-language way to make sense of new technology developments in our lifetimes. I think of it often already when I read about twitter, etc.
Interesting thought that "web 3.0" is 3-d in nature. I like the data visualization and threat simulation angles here - these seem like strong ways to use this technology.
I was encouraged to study "today's learning metaverse" and find that classroom instruction as a modality is on the increase while instant messaging and games are decreasing.
All in all, a standout presentation among the several we've had.
Bravo !
David
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