<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 00:04, Jessie Wild <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jwild@wikimedia.org">jwild@wikimedia.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Thanks for sharing this link, Yuvi! As someone completely unfamiliar with the topic, I am wondering if you all consider the issues discussed in that paper still an accurate depiction of the state in education in 2011. </blockquote>
<div><br></div><div>Fewer things have changed from 2007 to now.</div><div><br></div><div>1. Internet penetration has increased, atleast lot many people have broadband now, but still things have to improve.</div><div>2. Facebook. (the timepass/"hanging out" the author mentions happens online now.)</div>
<div>3. GNU/Linux or open source are not completely new terms for atleast city students, most of them would have heard, many more students *use* opensource (be it ubuntu / android etc), but collaboration / contribution still needs awareness.</div>
<div>4. The number of rock stars like Yuvi at college level who are aware of the outside world, has increased. But proportionately they are still like Wikipedia editors : Wikipedia readers.</div><div> </div></div>-- <br>
Regards<br>
Srikanth.L<br>