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December 17, 2007, 08:37 AM ET
Colleges Are Reluctant to Adopt New Publication Venues
Academe has been slow to accept new forms of scholarship like blogs, wikis, and video clips, according to a report that examines emerging technology trends in higher education.
The Horizon Report 2007 predicts that in four to five years, academe will accept as scholarship this kind of interactive online material and will develop methods for evaluating it. The document notes that the change serves to encourage the public to participate in the production of research and scholarly works. An author who posts a draft of his or her book online, for example, can receive immediate feedback on ways to improve the work, the report states. The document was developed by Educause and the New Media Consortium, two higher-education technology groups.
The report also concludes that within one year, social-networking sites will be widely used in teaching and learning, and that mobile phones and virtual worlds will be used in this way in two to three years.—-Andrea L. Foster
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