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The Changing Knowledge Ecosystem: Education and the Future

How will we be affected by and respond to the changing way in which knowledge is distributed and accessed, globally? Where might this position both the institutions of education and those who work within its walls, pre kindergarten to senior citizens is hard to grasp. There are individuals who stand in the intellectual Hyde Park arguing the pro’s and con’s of the changes. Others fill the roll of the individual who walked in front of the new automobiles swinging a lantern to warn those on horseback. Still others exhibit entrepreneurial spirit, seeing opportunities emerging. What we are interested in, here, is how the intellectual forest has changed but has not been seen by those living in the midst of gradual change. On the other hand, as with the issue of “climate change”, there are those who do not feel that there is a need to be concerned about changes that may not be occurring or are part of a natural cycle.

On the Horizon has recently proposed a special issue, just on the issue of academic journals, an issue that is receiving considerable attention with the appearance of the e-journal, the increased cost of housing materials in brick space libraries, and the changing way in which these materials are created, accessed and used in The Academy. But there are many areas which lay unexplored or neglected, whether consciously or unconsciously.

On the Horizon is interested in providing a platform which will allow a broad community to contribute their thoughts on critical issues, what may be flying under the radar, what are false positives and how the system is, or should, respond. These include but are not limited to:

Basic education moving from K-12->K-16 globally, while many parts of the world still are unable to support universal K-6
The growing, soon to exceed USD 150 billion, corporate education systems and the rise of private/for profit institutions K->16 and beyond
The growth of a permanent, underclass, service industry within post secondary faculty and the merging of faculty between secondary and post secondary institutions and across post secondary institutions in both campus-based and virtual constituted programs
The changing physical campus from a cloistered or “walled” Ivory Tower to new, mixed purpose, communities
Merging of brick and click space, including real time interactions across space from human-to-human and human-to-machine
New “business” models for both public and private institutions What new knowledge is being added, and what may be pushed off the end and why or why not
Changing vehicles for knowledge transfer and certification

On the Horizon seeks proposals for papers, materials from or for conferences and presentations, or other ideas. The journal provides a refereed, scholarly, format as well as accepting essays of note, either invited or suggested. Ideas and further information can be obtained from:

Dr. Tom P. Abeles, editor
On the Horizon
3704 11th Ave South
Minneapolis, MN 55407
Phone +1 612 823 3154
tabeles@gmail.com