Technology and Learning
A space for conversation and debate about learning and technology
A space for conversation and debate about learning and technology
January 15, 2012 - 8:29pm
Stealth of Nations: The Global Rise of the Informal Economy by Robert Neuwirth
"System D" is Neuwirth's term to describe what others have called the "informal economy", "the gray market", or the "underground economy."
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January 11, 2012 - 8:30pm
Can I lend you a Kindle e-book? Do you have any Kindle e-books to share?
January 11, 2012 - 8:00pm
This TED talk / concise Kindle book tie-up is pure genius. There is something both substantial and efficient about the length of the videos and the books.
January 10, 2012 - 8:30pm
Would Media Makeover count towards promotion and tenure? A 4 minute and 27 second TED talk that has been viewed over 533,000 times. A 31 page e-book that sell for under 3 bucks. Is this scholarship that would count? Just curious.
January 9, 2012 - 8:30pm
If you work in higher ed, you fall asleep every night asking yourself the following questions:
Will we suffer the same fate as the record industry, the bookstores and the newspaper business?
Is higher ed another example of a physical, as opposed to a digital, information industry - and therefore ripe for disruption?
If the core business model of education is built on scarcity, will we survive this transition to information abundance?
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