Aus zwei Gründen lohnt die Lektüre: Erstens bringen die Autoren auf elegante Art und Weise den “Long Tail” in die Bildungsdiskussion. Und zweitens belegen sie mit vielen interessanten Beispielen, wie das Internet verschiedene Aspekte des “social learning” unterstützt. Wikipedia, Second Life, e-Science, Open Educational Resources sind einige Stichworte, die fallen. “Social learning”, so John Seely Brown und Richard P. Adler, ist das “We participate, therefore we are”, oder noch klarer: “Mastering a field of knowledge involves not only ‘learning about’ the subject matter but also ‘learning to be’ a full participant in the field.”

“The building blocks provided by the OER movement, along with e-Science and e-Humanities and the resources of the Web 2.0, are creating the conditions for the emergence of new kinds of open participatory learning ecosystems that will support active, passion-based learning: Learning 2.0.
This new form of learning begins with the knowledge and practices acquired in school but is equally suited for continuous, lifelong learning that extends beyond formal schooling.”
John Seely Brown und Richard P. Adler, EDUCAUSE Review, Vol. 43, No. 1 (January/February 2008), S.16–32

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