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“In Heather Menzies’ address to the Canadian Associate of Distance Education, Learning Communities and the Information Highway, she anticipated critical issues around the rapidly expanding use of communication technologies. The over 500 conference delegate attendees received her message enthusiastically, and continued discussing her ideas throughout the conference. Those issues are now
more pervasive and invasive than ever; but, like the proverbial camel
with its nose in the tent, they have been accepted with little critical
analysis. That’s why we need Heather Menzies’ insight, to
remind us of how much we’re adapting ourselves to our technologies,
rather than the other way around, and to help us envision more human and
interconnected alternatives to the wired world .”
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