Stephen Downes recently advised technology developers what not to build. My response: the major entrepreneurial and socially constructive opportunities await new data systems that will architecturally simplify the web and make it more accessible. Read more.
Tags: web queries
Commentary, Query Tools | Gary Lewis, January 5, 2009 8:58 pm | 
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Suppose a data system existed and was available via an API as a web service to foster the entrepreneurial innovation needed to transform education and learning. Read more.
Tags: free learning, higher education institutional change
Commentary | Gary Lewis, December 23, 2008 11:38 am | Comments Off
In search of any tool that can actually do web queries and analysis, I examine Yahoo’s new Yahoo! Query Language (YQL). Read more.
Tags: web queries, YQL
Commentary, Query Tools | Gary Lewis, November 21, 2008 4:17 pm | Comments Off
When imagining the future of education, what responsibility do we have to the present and past? Read more.
Tags: creative destruction, higher education institutional change, social costs
Commentary | Gary Lewis, September 5, 2008 10:31 am | Comments Off
What is the most fundamental question in education? In this post I offer one answer. Read more.
Tags: higher education institutional change, Stephen Jay Gould
Commentary | Gary Lewis, August 29, 2008 10:47 am | Comments Off
A once vibrant religious, educational, and trade center leaves a legacy of hundreds of thousands of manuscripts decaying in the desert dust. Read more.
Tags: higher education institutional change, Sankore Madrasah
Commentary | Gary Lewis, August 15, 2008 11:56 am | Comments Off
I got sidetracked today into nuances in Google search, discovering some useful ways to refine searches but also making me wish yet again for more robust query tools. Read more.
Tags: web queries
Commentary, Query Tools | Gary Lewis, July 30, 2008 11:16 am | Comments (2)
Lately I’ve been pondering whether there is anything in elearning comparable to Linus Torvalds’ kernel that launched Linux. Here I relate that question to the recent presentation on SocialLearn that Martin Weller made with moderation from George Siemens. Read more.
Tags: AVOIR, higher education business models, Open University, SocialLearn
Business Models, Commentary | Gary Lewis, July 25, 2008 11:34 am | Comments Off
Stephen Downes recently made a keynote address on Free Learning at the Free Knowledge, Free Technology conference in Barcelona. Here are my reactions. Read more.
Tags: free learning
Business Models, Commentary | Gary Lewis, July 18, 2008 1:48 pm | Comments Off
Martin Weller of the Open University seeks to find the sweet spot between Web 2.0 and education, and points to one possible future for learning. Here’s my reaction. Read more.
Tags: higher education business models, Open University
Business Models, Commentary | Gary Lewis, 12:02 pm | Comments Off
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