Stephen Downes

CETIS's Scott Wilson has launched a blog, a welcome addition to the online learning blog community and sure to be added to many reading lists. His first post, addressing the VLE (Virtual Learning Environment) of the future, aligns brilliantl with the picture I have been painting in these pages: "I think the VLE of the future is going to be less like an information portal, and more like an aggregator." He continues, "as well as coordinating with offerings from learning providers in the traditional sense, the VLE of the future will connect very strongly with informal activities that inform learning, integrating with applications like 43Things, LiveJournal, and del.icio.us." Great stuff; I look forward to many more posts. His RSS is here and he also includes a FOAF (pay attention to these; we'll be reading much more about them this year).