Consumption of media is now happening on the user’s own terms.  I can access what I want when it is convenient for me, and in the media format that I prefer on my preferred device.  This means that the consumer of today has a lot of personal discretion, and this has implications for expectations of learners.  We are moving away from the passive consumption model … Continue reading Social Implications of Social Computing #2

Social computing has exploded and is changing the world we knew in a number of ways that impact on education. But social computing is not so much changing the world as it is changing student’s expectations of what kind of technology they should use in their everyday life and how they should interact with other people using that technology. This is a revolution akin to … Continue reading Social Implications of Social Computing #1

Bye Bye Web 2.0 In fact, I’ve always been uncomfortable with the term web 2.0 and it is seriously starting to annoy me now.  Thus I have decided to excise it from my vocabulary.   Henceforth it shall be referred to throughout my domain as social computing – and that term encompasses all ideas, notions and stuff (like social media, new media, social networking, etc) that … Continue reading Over web 2.0 and not talking about it any more