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Stephen Downes

Knowledge, Learning, Community

For me the internet's great leap forward happened in 1998 in Brandon when I got always-on cable internet after years of doing dial-up. Forward 20 years and a move to rural Ontario and I'm still on cable internet and my office in Ottawa is in a wireless dead zone. Connectivity was and is the major hurdle. So though the topic of this article may seem obvious, I would say that in practice it's not realized. Think of it like lighting; you can't have lights that are too dim or that are always flickering.  Before the learning management systems, before the pedagogy and best practices, the money needs to be spent on always-on rock solid internet access.

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