What do you see as the key challenge(s) related to teaching, learning, or creative expression that colleges and universities will face during the next 5 years?
- Information Literacy – in the way librarians use the term. Do students have the cognitive basis to know good information when they find it? Info Literacy has three components: technical, cognitive, and ethical – the last one, ethical, is especially challenging in a remix culture where attribution is less valued than in the past (Diana Oblinger) How will librarians practically keep up with the digital? (Bryan Alexander)
- Digital Divide – while not a new trend, still very importabt socially (Diana Oblinger)
- Support – All of us are becoming less expert. Are we growing that cadre of people that we will need to support the great ideas coming our way? (Diana Oblinger)
- Science and Technology Leadership – we are not graduating or attracting the numbers of people we need in the sciences, and are falling further behind all the time. We need a "Sputnik" episode to wake us up. (Diana Oblinger)
- IP issues - we're returning to the medieval theme of cloisters, by walling off campus digital environments. At the same time, global projects and functions increase in ease of use, scope, and importance (Web 2.0, GoogleEarth, etc. etc.) How to respond to this enormous division? (Bryan Alexander)
- Student/Teacher Gaps In Tech Use it may grow wider and create more discomfort and dis-satisfaction (Alan Levine)
- Technology Churn Can we live with technologies that recycle, grow, change on a monthly, daily basis, rather than yearly basis? Can we accept not being masters of technology? (Alan Levine)
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