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The International Review of Open and Distance Learning has just brought out a special issue, Vol. 10, No. 5, 2009, edited by David Wiley and James Hilton III, on openness and the future of education. Table of Contents Editorial: Openness and the Future of Higher Education David Wiley, John Hilton III Research Articles Openness, Dynamic Specialization, and the Disaggregated [...] Anderson, C. (2007) ‘The End of Theory: The Data Deluge Makes the Scientific Method Obsolete’ Wired Magazine, 16:07 An article that argues that given large enough qualntities of data, correlational statistics and data-driven algorithms such as those used by Google can discover new knowledge, superceding the ‘traditional’ scientific model of thinking – intriguing, but read the [...] Anderson, J. and Rainie, L. (2008) The Future of the Internet III Pew Internet & American Life Project A survey of internet leaders, activists and analysts shows they expect major tech advances as the phone becomes a primary device for online access, voice-recognition improves, artificial and virtual reality become more embedded in everyday life, and the [...] Anderson, T. and Elloumi, F. (2008) Theory and Practice of Online Learning Athabasca, Alberta: Athabasca University. This up-dated version of their 2004 book is available for free downloading. Garrison, R. & Anderson, T. (1999). ‘Avoiding the industrialization of research universities: Big and little distance education’. American Journal of Distance Education Vol.13, No. 2, pp. 48-63 |
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