E. Mitchell's Navigate 4.1.1 – Trend Impact Quest

Select the trend that will make the most impact on digital learning over the next five years and discuss in your respective blog.

Though my interest is pulling me toward social media in education, the graphic alludes to a heavy interest in online educational resources.  My perception of online educational resources are ones that students use in gathering support for content material in class as all as resources educators can gather that are credible.  I know most students first go to is Google and of course the first suggested site (Wikipedia) becomes their one and only source.  Though Google Scholar can be helpful, there are numerous databases that exist, full of enriching content for students to use.  Students want an easy approach to education and gathering additional support information.  As an educator you want them to search for information on their own but want to make sure what they are finding is correct---correct that it is providing them solid information to base their own opinion from.  Online schools do have a sort of "library" for student use, but most students pass over it.  With an economy that is interdependent and launching students into future global careers, they can not be approaching the world with misinformation.  This references my other interest of social media.  Most students tell me they heard about world events on Twitter.  With limited characters to express (though you can link articles and such), most students take what they read at face value and do not dig for further information or to verify the source of the information.  I want to make sure students are armed with current knowledge to adapt to new situations.