Based on years in education, I think that IO turns out to be a critical component of why K-12 and some of college education is broken. Many experts focus on what teachers should do and what they need to learn. Meanwhile, the real problem is too much “information” that has a very low signal to noise ratio.

It’s very much “the less is more” problem.

That’s a significant part of what IORG is all about – raising awareness of the problem.

You can see much of the thinking I presented and numerous references to their sources in a paper I co-published last year in First Monday: http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue12_8/zeldes/.

I think most people have been living with the problem of information overload for so long that they are unable to put their finger on it. Until someone raises their awareness about it and exposes the potential damages to themselves and their businesses.

Would you be able to share the material you used for the lecture you gave? Or perhaps the sources you’ve used to put it together?

Thanks,

Anamaria