Google Wave

Google Wave seems like it might revolutionize my entire concept of communication. Synchronous and asynchronous are no longer meaningful.

I have studied E-Learning concepts at length, and the divide between synchronous and asynchronous interaction is at the core of all instructional design theory. But what I’m beginning to realize is that “E-Learning” in its present form is a misnomer. The academics (myself included) have tried to dress it up with fancy terms like “distributed learning”, but it’s just the same old correspondence courses and recorded lectures recycled and dumped onto the web.

The technology behind Google Wave has the potential to change everything about instructional design. Not just from an “E-Learning” standpoint, but from every angle. As the internet evolves, the world is changing.