A quick introduction to some of the tools that students can use to keep on top of what is happening in the web
- 1. LearningON and OFF the Web prithwis mukerjee, phd
2. The age of progress
- Mantra : Faster, Better, Cheaper
- we were promised relief from tedium
- we got the white collar factory
we were promised autonomy
- we got binders full of corporate policy
we were promised a sense of purpose
- we got the tyranny of fulfillment targets
we were promised a chance to contribute
- we got meetings where form triumphs over substance
we were promised an outlet for creativity
- we got re-trained on re-engineering
In the age of a revolutionary change
- what is in store for us ?
3. Re-engineer or Transform ? Transformation Re-Engineering 4.
InnovationLimitedby Imagination
- Incremental improvement is not enough
5. business process reengineering is out 6. knowledge management
is too slow
- The gap between what can be imagined and what can be
accomplished has neverbeen smaller
7. we can now walk backward from our imagination rather than
walk forward from the existing past But those who canvisualizea new
reality arevastly outnumbered by those who cannot 8. The War of the
Encyclopedias
- Why has Wikipedia eclipsed
- Britannica the best known brand
9. Encarta the most well supported brand Two reasons
- The volume and diversity of user generated content
10. The trust that is created in groups the social network 11.
What is Web 2.0
12. No heirarchy User Generated Content
- Never the creation of an individual.
13. Always built collaboratively
- Images, movies, 3D realism
Infinitely Extensible
14. Extended through
15. More computers 16. Learning history math biology mechanics
literature sociology Etc ... English Language Text books / Journals
College lectures Seminars / conference World Wide Web Library
Television / Radio 17. Meta Learning history math biology mechanics
literature sociology Etc ... English Language Text books / Journals
College lectures Seminars / conferance World Wide Web Libraries
Television / Radio 18. Where in the World (Wide Web) ? history math
biology mechanics literature sociology Etc ... English Language 19.
Learning 2.0 history math biology mechanics literature sociology
Etc ... English Language World Wide Web 20. Slashdot 21. Digg 22.
stumbleupon 23. go2web20.net 24. Social Media news gossip trends
family industry company Etc ... Non English Languages InAddition To
English World Wide Web 25. Personal vs Professional 26.
Microblogging : 140 27. Cloud Computing : Google Docs 28.
Smartphones & the Mobile Web 29. Thank You
- Blog: blog.yantrajaal.com
30. Facebook: facebook.com/prithwis 31. Linkedin :
linkedin.com/in/prithwis 32. Twitter : twitter.com/prithwis 33.
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