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Curtis J. Bonk--The World is Open

The World Is Open

Dr. Bonk's new book entitled The World is Open ⇒ describes how technology and the Internet have made learning available to everyone. To put his thesis in a nutshell, Bonk writes that "anyone can now learn anything from anyone at anytime."

Bonk developed a framework he calls WE-ALL-LEARN, and the ten letter mnemonic is a memory aid to help us organize the myriad forms of learning on the Web. He introduces the model in Chapter 1 ⇒, which is available online for free. Bonk then explores in detail the ten openers or doors to the WE-ALL-LEARN model in Chapters 2 - 11. In addition, the book's Web site includes a free prequel ⇒, postscript ⇒, and other publications ⇒; more free stuff will be online in the coming months.

Curtis J. Bonk



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