The title of this piece is interesting - I think I'll start plugging my own work in the titles ("a amart review of learning", "a wise critique of metadata..."). I also consider the methodology odd, consisting as it does of (mostly) citations in offline sources. That said, the paper otherwise delivers what it promises: thirty-two trends (current as of about two years ago). Many of the trends persist: student demographics, for example, suggesting an older, more diverse, and more selective population. Others, less so: with blogs, online communities and more, instructors are not isolated as they once were. Some trends have reversed: while staff training continues to be a need, it is not so clear that this need is still growing. And the 'merger' or public and private institutions documented by the authors appears to have come to a complete halt with the failure of several high profile initiatives. The advent of blogs, self-publishing, institutional archives, learning communities and many other current trends do not find mention at all.
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