Maybe I'm not a casual reader Harold, but what you're saying certainly makes sense to me. I had the opportunity to meet with the educational Programme Managers of Google and Hewlett-Packard last week to discuss the skills that 21st Century graduates need. Their responses included skills such as Global Fluency (being able to work effectively with different cultures across different time zones), Global Citizenship, Digital Literacy, Collaboration, Knowledge Management, Community Management and Connected Leadership.

If these are the skills that business is looking for it's not surprising that HIgher Education is perceived as being behind the curve. My feeling is that there is a clear need to embed the teaching of these 21st Century skills in Higher Ed programmes to create graduates who are more network literate - I've added more thoughts on my blog.

Thank you for your ongoing work on PKM, it's greatly helping inform my thinking about Faculty development in my institution.