Information and digital literacy in education via the digital path

The relationship between cost, access and quality is tight and significant within the mission and the goals of institutions and governments worldwide, and is frequently referred to as the ‘iron triangle.’ Increasing access, constraining cost and maintaining quality standards define an impossible wish list, given the level of incompatibility among these drivers. The solution in many cases has been introducing exclusivity to post-secondary education through narrowing paths for learners.

Recent advances in technology have the potential of becoming a powerful response to this conundrum.

Folklorists often balk at the common usage of the word “myth” to mean “lie.” A myth, by their disciplinary definition, is quite the opposite. A myth is a culture’s sacred story. It involves supernatural or supreme beings — gods. It explains origins and destinies. A myth is the Truth.

So when I say then, that “disruptive innovation” is one of the great myths of the contemporary business world, particularly of the tech industry, I don’t mean by “myth” that Clayton Christensen’s explanation of changes to markets and business models and technologies is a falsehood. (I have an MA in Folklore, not an MBA — so that’s part of it, for sure.)

I recently found this great interview that Mark Suster did with Clayton Christensen, who is without argument, the master of disruption.