I am reminded of two quotes that spring to mind as I (again) enter the domain of academia.

"Knowledge is not power. Power is power. Ability to act on knowledge is power" Michael Schrage on Gurteen Knowledge

and from TED's LinkedIn group, the motivational quotes topic

"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you and then you win" Mahatma Gandhi

It's an uphill battle at a University. Talk about corridors of power, ontological silo's divided by invisible colleges! A riddle wrapped in a paradox. I actually found the Change Management academics the most resistant to new ideas!

Yet the tide is inexorable, the message unrelenting. We owe our new students the value of information literacy, the skills of online collaboration and the power of reflective practices.

Fight the good fight, Harold. After all, your name does mean ruler of armies.