What's Next?

It is said that the tortoise never makes progress until the creature sticks its neck out.

—Unknown

What's next? For me, the answer is simple: something I shall claim to be a better tool for education. My plan here is to discuss an opportunity that can be available only by way of the Semantic Web—the opportunity to implement constructivist learning environments that enable the development of world-class, critical thinking skills in all of humanity's children. This thinking seems completely in line with recent statements about the Semantic Web. For instance, Tim Berners-Lee, James Hendler, and Ora Lassila [2001] had this to say about the Semantic Web: “The Semantic Web is not 'merely' the tool for conducting individual tasks that ...

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