Learning from Searching
As a follow up to my post on Can Google help me? I’ve been doing more searching on eLearning and Blogging, and found this rather tidy blog post: Is Surfing the Internet Changing Your Brain?
Michelle brings the research of Gary Small, a Neuroscientist from the good ‘ol US-of-A that proposes the thoughts that we are undergoing an evolutionary change. In this New World there will be winner and losers: the winners will be the technical literate, the losers the ones who resists or cannot adapt.
Thankfully, it is not a case of the geeks taking over. Gary says:
“Technology can accelerate learning and boost creativity. But it also allows people to isolate themselves and ‘live’ online. But succeeding in the new ‘digital’ era will require a mix of traditional and technological social skills.”
From my view point I think I’m well suited to the New World as I’m learning the technology from a background in the real world. But what of the new generations; the Generation Y and Generation Z? They’ve not had to learn the ‘real world’ but have been launched head-first in to the new ‘tech world’ without the basic concepts and understanding of how to build and work with a real friendship, face-to-face.
Will this matter? Hell yes, How can you survive if you are incapable of interacting in real-time with real people? You must be able to know the difference between a real persona and the (often) fake virtual one. Gary concludes by saying that “tomorrow’s winners need to be comfortable in two worlds”.
One thought on “Learning from Searching”
Comments are closed.