I believe that Web 2.0 will be our new form of public forums, message boards and libraries. So much information is now online and within reach of millions of people. The old institutions for the dissemination of information are falling by the wayside and will soon be rendered obsolete.
Libraries, Archives and even schools are feeling the impact of the globalization of information on the Web. Many public libraries are reducing the printed volumes of research and academic material they carry in favor of adding computer terminals for patrons to use. Considering how quickly the information has been changing in areas, such as science, most printed works are soon found to be inaccurate or incomplete within a short span of time.
By utilizing the resources on the web scientists, researchers, and educators can quickly access vast amounts of emerging data. By having easy access to the latest research educators can teach students what is relevant to them at that point in their lives not what was relevant to their parents.
The only drawback to the Web at this point in time is that there is not a way to stop or remove the inaccurate information that is being propagated alongside the correct information. As publishing houses of old - the Web is in desperate need of fact verifiers and editors!
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You're right on the inaccurate information. The really bad part is that our students don't know how to tell the good from the bad.
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