A Tale of Technology & Two Organizations: CNN vs Education

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Alan Levine: A Tale of Technology & Two Organizations: CNN vs Education, Cogdogblog September 5, 2005

I have talked about the similarities between news media and learning for some time now, and so it's not surprising to see Elliot Masie seize on a hot topic and use CNN's coverage of recent events to make some similar points. But I like even better Alan Levine's summary of online media versus online learning - the contrast describes in stark relief the direction in which learning ought to - and will -go in the future. More...