I was feeling like a megatrend today…

from “New Media Consortium Names 10 Top ‘Metatrends’ Shaping Educational Technology“ By Nick DeSantis:

5. Openness — concepts like open content, open data, and open resources, along with notions of transparency and easy access to data and information — is moving from a trend to a value for much of the world. As authoritative sources lose their importance, there is need for more curation and other forms of validation to generate meaning in information and media.