Technology and the Global Commons
Posted June 23rd, 2008 by Alan Levine
Opening Keynote, 2008 NMC Summer Conference, Princeton University
Diana Oblinger, EDUCAUSE
The days of walled-off learning, where students are separated into grades, disciplines and physical locations, are giving way to programs in which students are encouraged to look beyond lecture halls, labs, and textbooks. Technology offers opportunities to bring together people, tools, and data in a global commons . Creating a global commons requires more than removing barriers posed by subject matter, geography, economics, or age. It requires a new set of models that may challenge many of our historic assumptions about authority and education. This presentation explores principles and examples that hint at a future global commons .
Presentation available as:
- Sonic Foundry Mediasite video and slides (available through July 30, 2008)
- Mediasite archive on nmc web (Windows only)
- Quicktime video on nmc web (99.1 Mb, 45:23)
- MP3 audio on nmc web (41.6 Mb, 45:23)
- Presentation file (2.38 Mb PDF)
