It is akin to what Stephen Heppell calls symmetry". The learners in his studies were keen to have far more control over their information and data; they were producers as much as consumers and, when presented with the opportunity to participate, found the process far more compelling because of this. He says, "This is doser to a model of communication than a model ๙dissemination and it is the future." What are the implications for similar activities, collaborations and new institutions and structures in education in the future?
Here are some possible parallels in education:
• Customers-learners
- Product - knowledge and skills
- Web services -educational services/pedagogy
• Personalisation and choice - differentiation/personalised learning.
These services through collaboration and innovation appear to be enabling a form of collective intelligence14, which many educational practitioners are exploiting to make new models of teaching and learning.