Change is Coming. Are You Ready?
Are you ready for change? Can you keep an open mind? Are your core values strong enough that you can discard some of your beliefs in order to ride the next technology wave, up or down? If you answered, “No,” to any of these questions, please take a deep breath, spend some time alone, and rethink what is really important to you. Can you influence learning without using technology? If not, why not? What can you do to prepare for a dramatic shift in the way we teach and learn online? Do you need more information, education, more personal contacts, financial resources? Take inventory. Change is coming.
June 17th, 2008 at 12:13 pm
What kind of change is coming? What shape will it take and can I make a difference? How will I have to grow to meet that change and am I capable of growing? How seriously will this impact my current practices?
So, what advice do you have for us?
Miguel
June 17th, 2008 at 12:16 pm
Change is indeed coming, and I appreciate this kind of reminder of what it means in close-up view, Jen. I sometimes lament the apparent slow pace of change in the systems I want to see change the most, but your post reminds me that I should take inventory and act on changing myself if I want to be a leader/player in that very change agenda.
Thanks. This is hopeful!
June 17th, 2008 at 12:24 pm
Miguel, the current business models for social media are not sustainable. The way we cling to tools as saviors of instruction is not sustainable. The way we are networking is not efficient or productive. We’ve got to strip it down to the basics and determine what’s really important and what is salvageable. We need to see through the pretty packaging and identify the objects that make us sing. Then we can work together to move things in the right direction. There are other changes coming too, but I’m no philosopher.
Rick, thanks for reading and commenting. It’s always great to hear your view and get a glimpse of what’s on your mind!
June 17th, 2008 at 1:14 pm
Can’t wait to be a participator in the next changing scenes ! I’d dare saying that changes in IT the last 3 years seems like a destiny and jobconfirmation for me (had my doubts on beeing Librarian).
Librarian and ICT interested, a great combination now a days !
Learning English (normally I speak Dutch and French) to communicate is a nice “side effect” (I’m aware of my “NoobEnglish”: sorry for that )
June 19th, 2008 at 11:38 am
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