Education Futures » communication http://www.educationfutures.com Exploring a New Paradigm in human capital development, driven by accelerating change. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:45:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc Young communication: Building future skills http://www.educationfutures.com/2009/03/17/young-communication-building-future-skills/ http://www.educationfutures.com/2009/03/17/young-communication-building-future-skills/#comments Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:44:12 +0000 John Moravec http://www.educationfutures.com/?p=1281 Cristóbal Cobo sent me this link to the Ung Kommunikation [Young Communication] project. The project examines the convergence of new technologies, youth culture and learning. And, by looking at the influence of youth culture on digital communication, the project might be able to identify a bridge between the divide of formal and non-formal learning. From Lennart Axelsson’s (Växjö University) description:

We are in the midst of a digital revolution. A multitude of new media is heaped upon us every day, and today’s generation of young people plays a central part in this development. Young peoples’ frequent use of digital tools such as computers, cellular phones, digital cameras, mp3 players and Internet communication, provide a new, and changed social landscape. Never before have youth cultures influenced society’s means of communication the way they do today.

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Check out what he has to say about communication, information, knowledge and innovation in this teaser/demo:

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