I don’t have time to read this now (approaching the “end of time” for the spring 2007 term), but via boing-boing, I came across what looks like an interesting series of articles/debates on web 2.0 and the internet for furthering knowledge in general. Both the “for” and “against” arguments are available here via Clay Shirky’s entries on Britannica Blog. I can see these as potentially being useful readings for English 516 in the future.
I’m “for” the Internets, btw.