edCetra Training is pleased to announce that the ASTD (American Society for Training and Development) has accepted a white paper written by Reuben Tozman, Chief Learning Officer, about the future of the Internet and the evolution towards a semantic web.

“How the NetBook and Cloudbook will change Learning Forever” published on Learning Circuits – a website created by ASTD that promotes and aids the use of e-learning with discussions, demos and resources, and articles on a weekly basis.

Below is snippet of what to expect from the paper:

…Regardless of the evolution the web has made to date with the use of tags and tag clouds, the users of the Internet are always introducing and re-introducing themselves to it each and every time they use it. Think about Google®. Everytime you search for something on Google®, it has no memory of who you are or what you looked for last time. Google® is more interested in linking you to the right web page instead of understanding your context. Tags and tag clouds help me, the user, make sense of the web. The future evolution of the web is that the web will make sense of itself. The web will understand our real life connections, our work environment, our homes, our travel destinations and all this will persist with us in the Internet and will provide context for who we are and where we want to go…