Tama’s eLearning Blog

eLearn Magazine recently put up a list of predictions and comments from experts in the field about eLearning in 2006.  Here are some of the more interesting quote/bytes:

‘[T]eachnology, no matter how innovative, is still just an enabler.’ - Lisa Neal

‘Blackboard/WebCT merger … [will fail because] the United States Department of Justice will quash the merger in the end on antitrust grounds.’ - Micheal Feldstein

‘m-learning begins to grow in earnest, … As a result e-learners are no longer chained to their computers and network connections; they are learning while hiking in the mountains, strolling on the beach, or jogging along a city street.’ - Ray Schroeder

‘Mass collaboration online will change the way learning is defined and delivered in 2006, moving away from start/stop courses to continous learning experiences (acquire and maintain).  There will be less connecting people to content, and more connecting people to one another (collective knowlege). - Ben Watson

Personally, I think these are all fascinating perspectives and while a little optimistic, I like Ben Watson’s the most.