Innovate Volume 4, Issue 5, June/Juli 2008

James L Morrison, Editor-in-Chief, Innovate has been in touch to reminds us about the following below.

Just look at this interesting line-up in this Innovate special issue.
The June/July special issue on the future of education, guest edited by George Siemans, focuses on the changing shape of pedagogy, the nature of knowledge itself, the future of copyright, likely patterns of technology adoption in the future, the place of virtual worlds and online portfolios in education, and offers a tool to assist educators anticipate the future.
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Future Learning Landscapes:

Transforming Pedagogy through Social Software

By Catherine McLoughlin and Mark J. W. Lee

Rhizomatic Education:

Community as Curriculum

By Dave Cormier

Worlds in Collision:

Copyright, Technology, and Education

By Stephen Marshall

A Singular Vision for a Disparate Future:

Technology Adoption Patterns in Higher Learning Through 2035

By Robert G. Henshaw

Places to Go:

YouTube

By Stephen Downes

In the From our Sponsor section, Gary Brown, Nils Peterson, Adrian Wilson, and Jim Ptaszynski connect the use of reflective e-portfolios to increased learner control, better relationships with alumni and employers, and increasing engagement through utilization of real life learning tasks.
Daniel W. Rasmus concludes this issue with a description of Microsoft's use of scenario planning, a strategic planning tool that, he argues, can help educational institutions “face uncertainty in order to embrace the future.”

Enjoy this issue of Innovate.