Via CogDogBlog comes this link from Macromedia to a White Paper summarizing discussion about learning objects from 18 luminaries in the field. After the usual introduction to learning objects, the discussion turns to the learning object economy, which is depicted by Masie as being "about content, content, content." The paper predicts five separate marketplaces, the first sign of awareness I've seen that there is this segmentation occuring. But they should not take this so calmly: this segmentation is not inevitable. Much of the work I've done is directly counter, in an effort to create a unified market, and avoid private (and proprietary) fiefdoms - it will only take the technology; the people will do the rest. The paper briefly mentions Kazaa and Napster, but doesn't even consider major fields such as RSS and OAI.
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