Presented at EDUCAUSE Annual Conferences, Social Computing, and P2P File Sharing

Throughout the world, people use different forms of digital workbenches for p2p (person to person) publishing and for knowledge seeking, sharing, and co-creation via different forms of social software. These uses of technology reflect social and individual competencies necessary for productive functioning in a knowledge economy. What are the implications of these competencies for higher education and the ways that technology is used for learning?