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article having a look at, “50 Fascinating Lectures on the Future of Education” (http://onlineschool.net/2009/10/25/50-fascinating-lectures-on-the-future-of-education/).

“Many people believe that the education system needs some changing if it’s going to produce the leaders of tomorrow. While there are failings in today’s system, to be sure, there are many people out there already working to change, adapt and reform educational programs. Here are some lectures to help you learn about what may be in store for the students of the future and the ways in which education may be changing for the better, utilizing new technology and working with the way we learn.”

Report on teens and cell phone ownership in the US http://tinyurl.com/lufd5v

online ed continues to grow faster than brick-&-mortar, 2009’s economic woes accelerate the pattern http://bit.ly/9CYnO

“In its annual report on the state of online education, the Sloan Consortium reported in 2008 that online education continues to grow at a much faster rate than its brick-and-mortar competitors. Anecdotal evidence suggests that 2009’s economic woes will only accelerate the pattern”

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/07/31/CMLM18L4MG.DTL#ixzz0N98M8aPk

Pew Report on Wireless Internet Use: http://tinyurl.com/ndorge

The report summary highlights the following:

• 56% of all Americans have accessed the internet by wireless means.
• Use of the internet on mobile devices has grown sharply from the end of 2007 to the beginning of 2009.
• African Americans are the most active users of the mobile internet – and their use of it is also growing the fastest. This means the digital divide between African Americans and white Americans diminishes when mobile use is taken into account.
• Broader measures of use of mobile digital resources also show fast growth from the end of 2007 to the beginning of 2009.
• Other access devices – iPods, game consoles, or e-books – for now play a small role in people’s wireless online habits.
• When mobile users are away from home or the office, they like mobile access to stay in touch with others, but also to access information on the go.

On July 2, 2009 LTRI (London Metropolitan University) hosted the successful MATURE Workshop on User Centred Requirements Processes for E-Learning and Knowledge Management – A European-Wide Perspective.  John Cook has provided a summary of  the day:
http://mature-ip.eu/en/node/315

The slides from the day can be found by follwing the link at the bottom of the page: “Slides are available under http://mature-ip.eu/en/event/user-centered-requirements-engineering“
All participants seemed to agree that this had been a highly productive day and the organisers (John Cook and Andreas Schmidt) are planning to hold follow up activities in order to keep the momentum and intellectual clarity generated on the day going.

EDUCAUSE Review Magazine, Volume 44, Number 3, May/June 2009: Why IT Matters to Higher Education http://www.educause.edu/er

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