Online Learning Update Ray Schroeder, editor, COLRS - Online@Illinois Springfield

Online Learning Update - a blog published daily since 2001 by Ray Schroeder, Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois at Springfield

Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Convergence Is Real - Mike Enyeart, E. Michael Staman,and Jose J. Valdes Jr.; Educause Review
The concept of convergence has evolved significantly during recent years. Today, convergence refers to the integration of the communications and computing resources and services that seamlessly traverse multiple infrastructures and deliver content to multiple platforms or appliances. There are three levels to convergence: infrastructure, appliances, and services. All three work together, with the ultimate goal of allowing access to—and the delivery of—any service to any appliance, to and from anywhere and over any medium, be it wired IP (Internet Protocol), wireless IP, or mobile cellular devices.

 



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