The disruptive power of Second Life is on the downturn of the bell curve, which means it has lost power and is on the downhill slide. Like so many technologies the initial hype and excitement create a buzz. If the buzz is not sustained by what the target market needs and wants then the peak of disruption begins the downward slope. According to Au, Second Life has lost steam because it failed to pay attention to what the application was being used for. Linden Lab claimed that SL was not a game, but the overwhelming majority of users used it as a game(Au, 2013). According to Christensen a disruptive technology does something that industry leaders are already doing, but a an affordable price. For example, the personal computer was a disruptive technology for the mainframe computer (Christensen, 2008). In the case of Second Life it could have disruptive power for education if it provides an inexpensive application that can be used as an educational tool. It also has to be less time consuming to be useful in the classroom. Companies overshoot what consumers can use (Christensen, 2002).
Blended learning is a disruptive technology interrupts the business model of curriculum supplies of textbooks, paper, and the brick and motor schools. Blended learning allows learning to be developed online without textbooks by using digital resources, which are supply unlimited access to education at little or no cost. The blended learning environment is a sustaining technology.
MIT Video - The Innovation Economy: How Technology Is Transforming Existing Industries and Creating New Ones
References:
Au, Wagner (2013). Second Life turns 10: what it did wrong and why it may have its secod life. Retrieved from: https://gigaom.com/2013/06/23/second-life-turns-10-what-it-did-wrong-and-why-it-will-have-its-own-second-life/
Christensen, C. (2002). The innovation economy: How technology is transforming existing industries and creating new ones [Video]. Retrieved fromhttp://video.mit.edu/watch/the-innovation-economy-how-technology-is-transforming-existing-industries-and-creating-new-ones-9844/
Christensen, Clayton (2008). Disrupting Class: How disruptive innovation will change the way the world learns. New York, NY. McGraw Hill.
Wednesday, October 22, 2014
Friday, October 10, 2014
The Next 5000 days
Rhymes of History Future Evolution of Connection
How will the Internet evolve over the next 5000 days? According to Kelly the future of the Internet and how we connect and share data will be transformed as everything will have a place on the Internet. He further states total transparency is necessary for the process of giving everything data space (Kelly, 2007). I wonder whether world will be ready for total transparency? what I have noticed from social networking is that the younger generation have no problem with transparency, but older generations are not eager to share every detail of their lives. I for one (I am older) post very little personal information. I suppose this is a "Ry me of History" as referred to by Thornberg (Laurette, 2009). I think it is much like using a Social Security number as a unique identifier, but the data identifier placed on a specific location in the cloud will be much more complex as it will show how everything relates to all the components of connection. I think of the chair I am sitting in at this particular time, If this was the future you could click on my link and find out I am sitting on a chair, the chair is linked to a table that is linked to the computer I am typing on, and we are all linked to the Startbucks I am sitting in. I wonder if you know what I am typing or what I am thinking?
The Next 5000 Days
Kelly, K. (2007, December). Kevin Kelly on the next 5,000 days of the Web [Speech]. Speech delivered at the EG 2007 Conference, Los Angeles. Retrieved fromhttp://www.ted.com/talks/kevin_kelly_on_the_next_5_000_days_of_the_web.html
Laurete Education, Inc. (2009). Emerging and future technologies: Rhymes of History.
Responded To:
http://randompinkrain.wordpress.com/2014/09/25/tetrad-of-brain-command-interfaces/comment-page-1/#comment-12
http://cottrellsidblog.blogspot.com/2014/10/rhymes-of-history-technology.html?showComment=1413165722638#c1100592031752975458
How will the Internet evolve over the next 5000 days? According to Kelly the future of the Internet and how we connect and share data will be transformed as everything will have a place on the Internet. He further states total transparency is necessary for the process of giving everything data space (Kelly, 2007). I wonder whether world will be ready for total transparency? what I have noticed from social networking is that the younger generation have no problem with transparency, but older generations are not eager to share every detail of their lives. I for one (I am older) post very little personal information. I suppose this is a "Ry me of History" as referred to by Thornberg (Laurette, 2009). I think it is much like using a Social Security number as a unique identifier, but the data identifier placed on a specific location in the cloud will be much more complex as it will show how everything relates to all the components of connection. I think of the chair I am sitting in at this particular time, If this was the future you could click on my link and find out I am sitting on a chair, the chair is linked to a table that is linked to the computer I am typing on, and we are all linked to the Startbucks I am sitting in. I wonder if you know what I am typing or what I am thinking?
The Next 5000 Days
Kelly, K. (2007, December). Kevin Kelly on the next 5,000 days of the Web [Speech]. Speech delivered at the EG 2007 Conference, Los Angeles. Retrieved fromhttp://www.ted.com/talks/kevin_kelly_on_the_next_5_000_days_of_the_web.html
Laurete Education, Inc. (2009). Emerging and future technologies: Rhymes of History.
Responded To:
http://randompinkrain.wordpress.com/2014/09/25/tetrad-of-brain-command-interfaces/comment-page-1/#comment-12
http://cottrellsidblog.blogspot.com/2014/10/rhymes-of-history-technology.html?showComment=1413165722638#c1100592031752975458
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