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Academic Jobs 2.0

January 13th, 2009

Education focuses on building knowledge and cognitive skills that can be drawn upon later in life. This way of teaching works well enough in a relatively stable market where a person’s career typically lasts for their whole life. But in our quickly changing world many of us will find ourselves changing careers multiple times in our lifetime. Because of this academic jobs are going to have to evolve and incorporate a way to learn new skills and knowledge on an almost continuous basis. One way to help accomplish this continuous quest for knowledge is through the use of Web 2.0 social media networks.

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