What are the trends of the Information Age?
An economy built on information rather than goods and services began to emerge. Knowledge (cognition) and knowing how to learn and think (metacognition) increased in global importance, significance, and value. The three significant trends with implications for education mark the Information Age:
1. A shift in demographics
2. An acceleration of technology
3. An ever-expanding base of available data through which to search,
sift, sort, and select
Good point about the need of increased cognition and metacognition as a result of technological advances.
ReplyDeleteI agree that advances in knowledge and knowing how to think and learn have greatly influenced the technological advances we now enjoy.
ReplyDeleteI too answered this question and thought that it was interesting how they catergorized the information age with an ending date. As we obviously have seen, technology is growing more and more every day!
ReplyDeleteI remember reading about the acceleration of technology. Technology has advanced so quickly and it's hard to imagine there was ever a time without computers.
ReplyDeleteIt does seem that this Information Age has had a huge impact on the world we live in today. There is definitely an ever-expanding wealth of information and technology that can be accessed.
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