Is banning access to open source information really an option for Universities?

Christopher Gabriel, 5 months ago

Interesting to read that founder of Wikipedia Jimmy Wales has today lambasted educators for trying to ban use of open source information due to its lack of authority."You can ban kids from listening to rock 'n' roll music, but they're going to anyway," he added. "It's the same with information, and it's a bad educator that bans their students from reading Wikipedia."The research project I conducted in June this year already confirmed that our 13-17 year olds had already decided that Wikipedia would be well-used source for learning. 56% of what I call the UK Realtime Generation intend to use...

It is time (well nearly) for those 2008 predictions

Christopher Gabriel, 5 months ago

It is as close enough to Christmas now to be thinking about making some good old New Year predictions. "Too early", many of you might think, but getting in first is vital in this annual game of being a technology Nostradamus.In the great tradition of our friends at BT and their team of Futurologists, I will be having a crack not at 2015 but at 2008, and will henceforth be known as a ‘Notmakingitupabitologist'. Please feel free to add your own or question mine, after all, as a ‘Notmakingitupabitologist' I am quite happy with corrections.Prediction 1! It will finally dawn...

Are we all guilty of buying technology Turkey Twizzlers?

Christopher Gabriel, 5 months ago

We are a strange bunch us humans.  Once a week we visit the supermarket, make straight for the frozen food section and destroy a highly efficient supply chain. The product is there because of a super efficient supply chain; grown, shipped to a factory, processed, packaged, flash frozen, stored, distributed in refrigerated lorries, warehoused in stock rooms, and finally retailed in shop floor chest freezers.We, the consumer then buy them, drive them home in our cars and store them in our own freezers, just on the off chance that in the next 3 months we will decide that this brownish...