Claire George from the world's leading citizen reporting site OhmyNews writes about education opportunities at any stage of life and how the WWW and blogging are providing opportunities for independent scholars of any age or pedigree to submit their views into the mix. It is a nice illustration of how a standard criticism (eg. not credible, no checks and balances, no peer-review, etc) of academic blogging can be seen in a different light as a tremendous enabler of diverse views and opinions.

"The golden age will come when lack of formal training and employment do not exclude independent scholars from the resources, funding, and publishing opportunities open to university academics. The key to that golden age is the Internet, and it is already being turned in the lock."

Read her story on Korean website OhmyNews