This is the sort of hands-on activity that will over time come to typify online learning (why do people think online learning is merely reading a computer screen?). Lego supports this sort of activity with its Mindstorms program, and modding has become a major driver for Lego. ""It's hard to say, but I think it's led to increased sales," says Soren Lund, a director at Lego in Denmark. "It has kept the product vibrant and alive, even today." But many companies prohibit modding; Sony, for example, has required a customer to remove code from his website that allows his robotic Aibo dog to dance. But back to the main point - modding (by design or by invention) is a more likely future for online learning than reading texts and taking assignments. Assuming, that is, that modding is still legal in a few years. (This blog entry was built using Mark Oehlert's weblog archives, today's ENC Headline News, Google Search, Slashdot, Lego, CNN's Money Report.)
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