(“Reprinted from Kevin Kruse’s e-LearningGuru (www.e-LearningGuru.com)
The report, put together by the USC Annenberg Center for the Digital Future, comes in at over 100 pages covering 100 topics five categories. Truly awesome and a MUST READ for anyone in an “e-” industry. Their 10 Trends section includes:
- Digital divide is closing in America
- TV watching down; Internet use up
- Credibility of Internet is dropping
- Security concerns ease; online shopping up
- Geek-Nerd perception dead; 2/3 of USA households have Internet
- Personal privacy concerns rising
- Internet #1 source of all information (movies, hobbies, health, money)
- Benefits/drawbacks of Web for children is still ambiguous
- E-mail frustrations rising
- Broadband will change everything; always on more important than speed
Click here to download 105 page report (PDF)