Garden variety survey article on the Pentagon's committment to online learning. The last paragraph contains a nugget, something I've been touting for many years: "The eventual advantage is that we're going to provide a digital knowledge environment where chunks of knowledge are going to be shareable and reusable. If they exist somewhere, you will be able to find them," said the Pentagon's Parmentier. "Eventually we'll have a world where knowledge flows like water or electricity." Yes. But is anyone really thinking about the implications of this? Think: you don't have to go to the town square for water any more. What does that mean?
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