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George Siemens’ Media Literacy Digest is back, like every week, to bring news, analysis and opinion on key changes and facts happening at the cross-road between technology, education, media and society. A quick guide to maintain perspective and a critical eye on the key changes taking place around us.

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Inside this Media Literacy digest:

• Different Social Networks - …much more is needed before networks move from understanding novelty of form to understanding implications of form.
• Science, Publishing, and Such - …your research shouldn’t be considered complete until the data and meta-data is put up on the web for other people to use.
• A Stroll Through Repositories of Days Gone By - The contrast in thinking during the learning object repository days vs. thinking on social information creation and management is remarkable.
• War Between Awareness and Memory - Patrick Lambe suggests that we face a war between awareness and memory
• The Internet of Things - We can do far more with information communication technologies than we are comfortable with. Privacy and security are big roadblocks to utilizing new opportunities generated by technology.
• The Brain’s Interpreter - The enormous prospect of neuroscience influencing society, legal systems, and education raises the importance of people developing at least an acquaintance with developments the field.
• Digital Nomads - Space and physical presence are far less important for me than they were only five years ago.
• Machines Getting Smarter - …a group of computer scientists is debating whether there should be limits on research that might lead to loss of human control.

In this weekly digest, educational technologies expert George Siemens takes you to places, facts and resources to make greater sense of the changes influencing education and society today.

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