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From: Anand Bhatt <anand.bhatt@xxxxxxxx>
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Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 15:24:43 +0530
This paper presents a scenario in which education is approaching a
potential tipping point, where major changes are about to happen as a
result of developments in technology, social networking, deeper
understanding of educational process, as well as new legal and economic
frames of reference. The set of changes constitute what we refer to as
Education 3.0, and it impacts on the roles and behavior of key
stakeholders. Education 1.0 is mainly a one-way process, Education 2.0
uses the technologies of Web 2.0 to create more interactive education
but largely within the constraints of Education 1.0. Education 2.0 is
laying the groundwork for Education 3.0, which we believe will see a
breakdown of most of the boundaries, imposed or otherwise within
education, to create a much more free and open system focused on
learning. The scenario we describe suggests that Africa can shape these
changes to benefit its own development, but that if it fails to do so,
it will be left behind and will end up impacted negatively by the
changes that are inevitable. We list the adjustments required at the
level of institutions of higher education to become leaders of Education
3.0 and present some of the activities that the University of the
Western Cape is undertaking in this area. Finally, we offer a fictional
short story to provide an Education 3.0 narrative.
cont'd....
http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue12_3/keats/