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The Future of The Future of Telecom in eLearning Telecom in eLearning
April 2008April 2008
David W. NelsonDavid W. NelsonStrategic-PartnerStrategic-Partner
[email protected]@schooleymitchell.com
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What Is The Ultimate In What Is The Ultimate In Distance Learning?Distance Learning?
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Themes and MemesThemes and Memes
When Are We?When Are We?
The Death of The Death of Jeopardy!Jeopardy!
The Final Frontier?The Final Frontier?
LoganLogan’’s Laptops Laptop
Theory and PracticeTheory and Practice
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EconomyEconomy Business of…Business of… Unit of Unit of Change…Change…
AgriculturalAgricultural SurvivalSurvival HorsepowerHorsepower
IndustrialIndustrial AutomationAutomation MotorMotor
InformationInformation KnowledgeKnowledge CPU/RAMCPU/RAM
The Evolution of EconomiesThe Evolution of Economies
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……but for how much longer?but for how much longer?
““This current This current economy will come to economy will come to an end in the 2020s, an end in the 2020s, about seven decades about seven decades after it beganafter it began”” – Stan – Stan Davis: Davis: 2020 Vision2020 Vision
Translation: We are Translation: We are Senior Citizens in the Senior Citizens in the Information AgeInformation Age
““WhatWhat’’s next?s next?”” – – President Jed BartletPresident Jed Bartlet
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The Evolution of EconomiesThe Evolution of Economies
EconomyEconomy Business of…Business of… Unit of Unit of Change…Change…
InformationInformation KnowledgeKnowledge CPUCPU
ExperienceExperience Quality/WisdomQuality/Wisdom ????
TransformationTransformation AwarenessAwareness ????
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What will these economies What will these economies look like?look like?
So Oprah, how do we educate ourselves for these new economies?
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Fundamental Meme #1Fundamental Meme #1
If a teaching methodology relies If a teaching methodology relies on information discovery, on information discovery,
memorization or retention, it is memorization or retention, it is rapidly becoming obsolete. rapidly becoming obsolete.
(if it isn(if it isn’’t already)t already)
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Redefining Redefining ‘‘SmartSmart’’??
““Think of a world where Think of a world where storage is infinite and storage is infinite and bandwidth is freebandwidth is free”” – – George Gilder: George Gilder: TelecosmTelecosm
““The Internet will go to The Internet will go to the fastest learnersthe fastest learners”” – – Dr. Eric SchmidtDr. Eric Schmidt
Always-onAlways-on data will data will eventually eliminate eventually eliminate trivial conversationstrivial conversations
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Driving TechnologiesDriving Technologies
High Quality High Quality Mobile BrowsersMobile Browsers
WiMax/3GWiMax/3G UMA – UMA –
Unlicensed Unlicensed Mobile AccessMobile Access
Exponential FO Exponential FO Speeds @ ~$0Speeds @ ~$0
More bits & More bits & more bits, with more bits, with no end in sightno end in sight
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Institutions will have to rapidly Institutions will have to rapidly become much more adept at become much more adept at
recognizingrecognizing, , teachingteaching and and evaluatingevaluating the previously elusive the previously elusive
attributes of creativity, attributes of creativity, inspiration, innovation, intuition, inspiration, innovation, intuition,
and even and even ‘‘luckluck’’..
Fundamental Meme #2Fundamental Meme #2
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What Happens If WeWhat Happens If We’’ve All ve All Got the Same Data?Got the Same Data?
Application vs. Application vs. RetentionRetention
Can we measure Can we measure how we think?how we think?
Can you teach Can you teach telepathy?telepathy?
““Intelligence is Intelligence is essentially the essentially the capacity to capacity to remember and then remember and then predict patterns in predict patterns in the world.the world.”” – Trip – Trip Hawkins Hawkins
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Driving TechnologiesDriving Technologies
Medical Imaging Medical Imaging Paired with Massive Paired with Massive BandwidthBandwidth
Genetics and Genetics and Nano-technologyNano-technology
Presence & Presence & PreferencePreference
Q: Should Brain Q: Should Brain Scans of Scans of Presidential Presidential Candidates be Candidates be Mandatory?Mandatory?
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Computers, as we know them, Computers, as we know them, will disappear.will disappear.
Fundamental Meme #3Fundamental Meme #3
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Where Will They Go?Where Will They Go?
Convergence/VoIP Virtualization Unified
Communications “Embodied
Virtuallity”
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From This…From This…
2020
..To This..To This
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Who Is Schooley Mitchell?Who Is Schooley Mitchell?
Largest Independent Telecom Consulting Firm in North America
Established in 1980
Background in Corporate IT, Major Carriers, Accounting, Management Consulting and Project Management
Professional, Independent, Objective, Expert
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What can we do now?What can we do now?
Embrace Web Embrace Web 2.0: Blogging, 2.0: Blogging, Conferencing, etcConferencing, etc
Investigate Investigate VirtualizationVirtualization
Pursue Pursue Voice/Data Voice/Data IntegrationIntegration
Be Playful, Not Be Playful, Not ParanoidParanoid
