I've also commented on educational technology blogs:
Surprising results from Northwestern University: Contrary to commonly accepted notions of people feeling overwhelmed by a deluge of information, a Northwestern University study reveals that it may be an exaggeration, and that most Americans like it. It would be interesting to pursue this concept focussing on generation, affinity for technology etc. Maybe augmented reality will be the next "test" of our resilience! Here is the news post from Northwestern University's website:
August 30, 2012 | COMM
Information Overload?
By Erin White
Article followed.Another recent post external to USD:
Jeffrey Simmons September 25, 2012 10:53 AM (in response to Thomas Ashbrook)
Great post and fascinating observations! The concept of exponentially accelerating technologies is providing leverage for change and direction impacting so many facets of our society, and now education is being disrupted in ways that are similar to the revolutions that impacted, and are continuing to impact, other industries: music, video, print etc.
Watson, the IBM computer that beat the combined scores of our human champions in Jeopardy, was brought up earlier by you Thomas. I 'm willing to bet that 10 years from now, students will be able to walk up to their computer version of a Semantic Web based Watson and request a 101 course in Astronomy. The very latest media-rich content, research and more will be pulled together on the fly WolframAlpha-like for access wherever one happens to be.
One question to throw out here concerns how augmented reality will tie-in with education. With Google Glass poised for release sometime late this year or early next, the processing power of smartphones begining to rival that of notebook computers, this topic will probably become a hot ticket item. There is some research that I've read that indicates that ease of access to information does not equate with knowledge acquisition. That easy access to information at times defeats thinking critically. What are your thoughts on how this technology may be used in education? (I like this topic enough that I'll begin a separate post on it!) Can humans handle that kind of constant data flow without being so deeply attached that we become addicted? Will that "thunk" we hear when we remove whatever augmented device we use for viewing be our IQ, or what we feel to be our awareness, hitting the floor causing us to snatch up the device to remain connected?
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