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Title:
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US AND THEM: IS THE FUTURE REALLY DIFFERENT? |
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Author(s):
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Mike Brayshaw, Neil Gordon |
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ISBN:
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978-972-8939-82-3 |
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Editors:
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Piet Kommers and Pedro Isaías |
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Year:
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2013 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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Interactivity and Virtuality, Internet Communities, eHealth, Digital Divide. |
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Type:
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Short Paper |
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First Page:
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386 |
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Last Page:
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390 |
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Language:
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English |
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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This paper reflects on the notion of change. Has the world changed? Are we new people populating a new conceptual space or just the same old folk, going about our world as we always did? Cute new interactive gismos like smart phones and tablets seem to allow us to update old working practices in new clothes - but do they? This paper considers a number of aspects of the digital revolution and how government and educational policy has the potential to address this. The context reflects data from the European Union, but this is representative of many developed countries and demonstrates the longer term issues that developing countries will have to face. The paper will address some of the cultural and societal issues that pose a threat to having a fair and equal society where many people now embrace online lives alongside their offline lives in a blended existence, but others are excluded from the opportunities and benefits of the online environment through cultural, financial and educational constraints. The paper concludes with a meta-reflection on how changes to the net itself will impact and how individuals in an eSociety may be changed by a move to a Semantic World and a world of the Wisdom of Things. |
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