Education has remained largely unchanged throughout the history of modern schooling. Education may be on the brink of a large-scale paradigm change as a result of the substantial shaping effect of digital technologies on society and culture. The ubiquitous and invasive nature of the World Wide Web in the developed (and developing) world is shaping how these societies understand information, how it is constructed, and how it is communicated. Education, by its very nature, must be affected by this thrust.

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