Winning the Future
In his State of the Union speech, President Obama confused losing the future with winning it and, in the process, drew education into the fray.
Commentary | Gary Lewis, February 2, 2011 12:00 pm | 
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Learning is Like Happiness
Somewhere Illich is beaming now.
Commentary | Gary Lewis, January 20, 2011 4:29 pm | Comments Off
Not Today’s University
Words that stop me cold. Glimpses ever so fleeting. Of worlds that might be.
Commentary | Gary Lewis, December 4, 2010 5:43 pm | Comments Off
Great Quote on Open Data
Everything is supersized in this example of the benefits from open sharing of data.
Commentary | Gary Lewis, August 13, 2010 6:32 am | Comments Off
rworld – Listening Closely
On listening for tomorrow after filtering the institutional noise of today. Includes a threaded bookmark of the following:
1. Making good society.
2. The Cooperative Movement in Century 21.
3. The Foundation for P2P Alternatives.
4. A Gathering of Ideas.
Commentary, rworld | Gary Lewis, July 12, 2010 12:28 pm | Comments Off
The Futures of Higher Education
In this post I respond to George Siemens’ recent request for contributions on the future of education.
Tags: higher education costs, higher education institutional change
Business Models, Commentary | Gary Lewis, March 26, 2010 8:23 am | Comments Off
Threaded Bookmarks 08-March-2010
What do Big Data and higher education have in common?
Tags: higher education institutional change
Bookmarks, Commentary | Gary Lewis, March 8, 2010 5:38 pm | Comments Off
Learning and the Commons
For those of us concerned with the future of learning, there is a message in the research and history of the commons.
Tags: learning commons
Business Models, Commentary | Gary Lewis, February 19, 2010 9:48 am | Comments Off
Threaded Bookmarks 08-February-2010
Three recent documents offer images of education in the future. I tried that once and concluded it’s better to build the future than anticipate it. Each of the three documents suffers similarly, but they are still well worth reading if the future of learning concerns you.
Tags: higher education business models, higher education costs, higher education institutional change
Bookmarks, Commentary | Gary Lewis, February 8, 2010 12:45 pm | Comments Off
Regulation Cannot Come Soon Enough
Privacy is not something that needs financial justification. Does Google not understand this?
Tags: privacy
Commentary | Gary Lewis, February 2, 2010 10:01 am | Comments Off
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