Socrates said writing would destroy human thinking processes: are the Internet and Web 2.0 having a more profound effect on cognition?
by John Cuthell

1. Can Web 2.0 really change the way we learn?
1.1. Providing a visually rich and interactive environment for collaboration, networking and sharing.
2. Should textbooks still have value in a 21st Century educational system?
2.1. Teaching writing
2.2. Should we look to youth for the answer?
2.3. Firstly we need to ask what do we mean by value
2.3.1. pedagogical
2.3.2. economic
2.3.3. cultural
2.3.4. institutional
2.4. And we need to ask - how do different stakeholders value textbooks, and whose interests are paramount
2.4.1. learners
2.4.2. teachers
2.4.3. institution
2.4.4. authors
2.4.4.1. get their ideas out
2.4.4.1.1. recognition
2.4.4.1.2. income
2.4.5. publishers
2.4.5.1. maintain current business model
2.4.5.2. innovate new textbook platfroms