The Future of Learning

With the emergence of Web 2.0, people are changing the way they learn new information and how they gather it. Learning 2.0 has become such an efficient tool for learning that it may be a substitute to going to school. It also provides the opportunity to interact well with people of similar ideas and mindset. According to a blog that I found in the 21st Century Collaborative website, Learning is about unlearning and adapting. What does this mean? In my understanding, in order for learning 2.0 to be effective people would have to put aside what they about something and be flexible enough to learn new ways of acquiring new knowledge about them. Complicated as the explanation is, you can’t deny the fact that the world is becoming so attached to technology. As the technology is advancing, so should our way of learning things. It may even come to a point that we won’t need to go to school to acquire the information we need to move on in life, though I hope that that isn’t the case. However, with the recent advancements in technology, it may happen. Visit the blog at:

http://21stcenturylearning.typepad.com/blog/2007/08/learning-20.html

The ideas presented are rather deep, so put on your thinking caps before attempting to read it in one sitting! But it is very in-depth and should be checked out at least once.

Tags: Collaborative Learning, E-Learning, Learning 2.0