Making the web a more meaningful resource has some amazing opportunities but some scary concerns as well.
Opportunities:
with the notion that the web becomes more intelligent due to the way it remembers previous search info, and collates infromation on you based on the groups you belong to etc. this will alleviate some of the stress associated with information overload and the amount of irrelevant information out there. being able to ask the internet for a search and for it to provide the most relevant answers to your world will be wonderful use of time.
Concerns:
limiting your search world and the chance to be exposed to new things. what people often find so wonderful about the internet is the endless amount of new things they are able to find out about. If we have searches that are catered only to our personal taste then there is a level of conern that we will not step outside our comfort zone and try new things.
Hopefully there would be an option to choose whether we search in a semantic web and maybe we could turn this option on and off when we feel like it?
The implications for education:
reduce the info overload our students face and pool relevant info. also a possible safety measure if the semantic web is able to choose age appropriate material for school aged children.
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