Thursday, March 5, 2009

Week 6 - March 5 2009

Dr. Ellen Wagner and mobile learning (M-Learning) was engaging and exciting to have a dialogue within class.

Access - I liked how she really covered the accessibility of new and emerging technology that reached the mass public. The diagram of adaption by users was very insightful, especially the early adopters. I feel fights are always brewing between new adopters, and late adopters and people who never even bother to utilize the new technologies.

Innovation - Innovation definitely drives new communities of practice (COP). We definitely seek out a place where ideas can be discussed. This only takes place through affordance. New technologies as social network, blogging, and other web 2.0 apps have made it possible for people to connect in ways we have never done before. Dr. Wagner gave much insight into her life as not wanting to "miss the boat" to be involved in new and merging technology.

Sustainability - Not sure what to say here. technologies are changing faster than we can learn and use them. Seems like as we learn one app, two or three others pop up. Sustainability is still a big question on my mind. More to come later.

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