In addition, as traditional hierarchical management practices have given way to flatter organizational structures, has hastened the acceptance of ideas at the individual worker level. These three business convergences of new players, equalized playing fields, and horizontal management processes help make sense of the vast changes in business today brought on by the 10 trends Friedman discusses.
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Many of the above trends and events impact us on a daily if not hourly basis. The new technologies of collaboration offer each of us opportunities for personal expression, enterprise, and interaction that were not possible a few short years ago.
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Many of the above trends and events impact us on a daily if not hourly basis. The new technologies of collaboration offer each of us opportunities for personal expression, enterprise, and interaction that were not possible a few short years ago.
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2) Many of these technology trends Friedman highlights, including increasing use of wireless, mobile, collaborative, and virtual learning, are accelerating change in the world of education.
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3) The triple convergence that I have seen relate to piping to access the Internet, pages of Web-based content, and a participatory learning culture wherein anyone can add to or open a learning event with someone else.
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4) These are indeed interesting times in which to live, especially for those in the education sphere.
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5) The world of education technology and educational educational e-learning books presenters is becoming more of an open book:
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Looking at creativity and innovation in cities and geographic regions of the world.
He contends that the world is more spiky than it is flat.
What this means is that not everyone is equally benefitting from the open technologies.
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There are innovation and creativity hubs that tend to rest in certain cities, countries, and geographic regions of the world.
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Open-Sourcing (self-organizing collaborative communities; Mosaic, Apache, Wikipedia, Linux, Mozilla/Firefox, )
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7) If we understand what makes such cities successful in becoming open development powerhouses, we can perhaps help other less well developed worlds move in such directions.
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So must we simply decide between a more flat or a more spikey world?
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8)In many ways, they are end results of a more open process.
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9) Open education must precede innovative business processes and success stories and ultimately world development.
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10) Today that educational world is increasingly open.
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11) We see it in the phrases "open source software", "open educational resources," and "open standards."
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12)Some people are started to argue that this shift also one frees up resources for mass human participation, creative expression, and innovation.
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13)With each announcement of a new learning world or free set of online courses, countless learning doors are being opened.
There are undoubtedly hundreds more views and metaphors beyond those of a flat, spikey, or open world.
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14) The The World Is Open professional conference presenter for all every member of this planet.
We can walk through educational doors
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We can open passageways to any knowledge
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15) It is open with information topics
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16) He pushes us to think about the near future with the Web 2.0 and how it might grow for the open and social nature of the world.
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17) The world is open can even make a video!
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18) A world filled with wikis for open collaboration:
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