This is an interesting book investigating how social media and web 2.0 could and should change the way that learning institutions structure and run their courses. The book is aimed at universities, but is equally applicable to any institution concerned with learning or knowledge, particularly professional institutions.
One of the key recommendations is that institutions should become mobilising networks, offering opportunities to learn and create knowledge collaboratively. This is recognised as being a major challenge as it cuts across traditional course and assessment structures, and requires a flexibility and agility that can be difficult where tradition and rules are deeply embedded.
The ten main conclusions are presented in a chapter titled "(In)Conclusive: Thinking the Future of Digital Thinking" which forms a good summary of the book and the way forwards.
I do have a few minor quibbles. It does rather labour some points (perhaps a consequence of the collaborative online authorship and commenting), the conclusions are rather tentative, and there is an assumption that team work is how everything will be done.
Recommended for anyone involved in the strategic direction of learning / knowledge-based institutions.
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- A. McLachlanReviewed in the United Kingdom on September 7, 2010
Challenging and Thought Provoking
