1. What makes anyone think that the video games push (mostly by the iOS platform devices, but Xbox, Playstation and Wii) has anything to do with formal education? Trying to harness gaming to teach formal concept is like riding a chicken. Useless (for both you and the chicken). People play games to escape what they don't like about their own life - much like why people watch TV, use the Internet or whatever other hobby one might have. They don't necessarily want to have learning forced on them in their own homes. That isn't to say that educational games can't be good (although they mostly are dreck), or shouldn't be attempted. They shouldn't be expected to fill more than a niche.

2. Why haven't educational institutions really pushed for a mobile learning environment? It seems like logical growth from the LMS, and there's a lot of affordances that can enhance learning. Situated, just-in-time learning has a greater impact for learning than plain old quizzes in the LMS. Why haven't the engineering departments demand more Geo-location devices? Why haven't literacy skills groups put forth the same sort of effort that the BBC World Service has in Bangladesh? That sort of ingenuity could help the impoverished and undereducated in Canada (and in Hamilton). One of the biggest hurdles the urban poor have is literacy skills. Why is no one doing this locally? Moreover, why are our LMS's so pisspoor as a mobile website.

3. Will the consolidation of the web conferencing tools that education typically use (Wimba and Elluminate) mean that new companies with new models will arise? We've locally seen a couple of contenders - BigBlueButton is easy to use and has most of the features one would want, as well as SabaCentra for Northern Ontario - but will most institutions just cave in and use Blackboard Connect? It seems like that may be the case.

4. Wither edupunk? Much like punk rock did after the halcyon days of 1977, the widespread punk phenomenon died out and either got co-opted into new wave or went further underground, got harder and faster, became hardcore and rather dogmatic by 1984. Since then, there hasn't been a lot of innovation in the genre, except that the music has gotten uglier and more punishing (and less like music). Edupunk seems to have hit that moment where people either pass the moment or become more underground. I have hope that much like punk music in 2010 (which has been a weak year for new releases - on vinyl no less - in the genre), edupunk will be a vibrant, thriving option in 2043.

5. What will Pearson as a publishing giant and accredited University mean? Well, it'll give the hucksters at University of Phoenix and Full Sail a run for their money. I'm not saying those institutions are bad per se, I'm sure a quality education can be had there. I'm not sure that an educational institution should have profit as it's motivation.

Sure, it's a nicely put together report that also is a selling point... but things like this, even though well meaning, when they fail to mention critical consumption of information it leaves a sour taste.