{"id":14380,"date":"2011-01-28T16:07:34","date_gmt":"2011-01-28T21:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=14380"},"modified":"2011-02-04T12:42:44","modified_gmt":"2011-02-04T17:42:44","slug":"what-happens-to-global-learning-when-govts-can-or-are-forced-to-pull-the-plug-on-the-net","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2011\/01\/28\/what-happens-to-global-learning-when-govts-can-or-are-forced-to-pull-the-plug-on-the-net\/","title":{"rendered":"What happens to global learning when gov&#8217;ts can (or are forced to) pull the plug on the Net?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.forbes.com\/parmyolson\/2011\/01\/28\/egypt-goes-dark\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"230680480\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs-images.forbes.com\/parmyolson\/files\/2011\/01\/2306804801.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"198\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Egyptians gathering for protests in Cairo, via @mccarthyryanj on Twitter<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>From DSC:<\/strong><br \/>\nAs I was briefly reviewing the following links&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.forbes.com\/parmyolson\/2011\/01\/28\/egypt-goes-dark\/\" target=\"_blank\">Egypt Goes Dark, Cuts Off Internet And Mobile Networks<\/a> &#8212; from Forbes.com by Parmy Olson<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a title=\"Permanent Link to Internet Rallies Behind Egypt In An Attempt To Restore\u00a0Communication\" rel=\"bookmark\" href=\"http:\/\/techland.time.com\/2011\/01\/28\/internet-rallies-behind-egypt-in-an-attempt-to-restore-communication\/\" target=\"_blank\">Internet Rallies Behind Egypt In An Attempt To Restore\u00a0Communication<\/a> &#8212; from techland.com by Allie Townsend<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/techland.time.com\/2011\/01\/28\/how-egypt-cut-off-the-internet\/\" target=\"_blank\">How Egypt Cut Off the Internet (and How a U.S. &#8216;Kill Switch&#8217; Might Work)<\/a> &#8212; from techland.com by Doug Aamoth<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.co.uk\/news\/archive\/2011-01\/28\/middle-east-protests-twitter\" target=\"_blank\">What\u2019s fueling Mideast protests? It\u2019s more than Twitter<\/a> &#8212; from wired.co.uk by David Kravets<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">&#8230;I began reflecting on the predicament that online-based learners would have if suddenly their government pulled the plug on the Net.\u00a0 As we become more connected, what are the costs\/dangers of being disconnected? Of being connected? If there was some serious cyberwarfare going on, would a government be forced to pull the plug?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #800000;\">NOTE:<br \/>\nI don&#8217;t mean to make any judgments concerning these events &#8212; rather, I mean to ask the above questions from a teaching and learning standpoint only.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Addendum on 2\/4\/11:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2011\/TECH\/web\/02\/03\/internet.shut.down\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Could the U.S. shut down the internet? <\/strong><\/a>&#8212; from cnn.com<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Egyptians gathering for protests in Cairo, via @mccarthyryanj on Twitter . From DSC: As I was briefly reviewing the following links&#8230; Egypt Goes Dark, Cuts Off Internet And Mobile Networks &#8212; from Forbes.com by Parmy Olson Internet Rallies Behind Egypt In An Attempt To Restore\u00a0Communication &#8212; from techland.com by Allie Townsend How Egypt Cut Off [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[95,55,74,62,454],"tags":[176,694,469,96,16,597,607,601,673,783],"class_list":["post-14380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-global-globalization","category-internet","category-leadership","category-online-learning","category-the-downsides-of-technology","tag-connect","tag-connectivism","tag-cyberwarfare","tag-global","tag-global-learning","tag-internet","tag-leadership","tag-online-learning","tag-policy","tag-the-downsides-of-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14380"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14380\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14388,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14380\/revisions\/14388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}