US CIO Kundra Calls for Web 2.0 Co-Creation of Knowledge With Citizens

From Read/Write Web:
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The US Government's Chief Information Officer, Vivek Kundra, called today for a radical new approach to government information technology, focusing on utilization of consumer-type Web 2.0 tools that can "tap into the vast amounts of knowledge...in communities across the country."
"We've got to recognize that we can't treat the American people as subjects but as a co-creator of ideas," Kundra was quoted as saying by Government Computer News writer Wyatt Kash today. "We need to tap into the vast amounts of knowledge...in communities across the country. The federal government doesn't have a monopoly on the best ideas."
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Cable’s commentary:

We need to ask the same question in higher education:

• “How can we tap into the vast amounts of knowledge...from students, faculty and other experts and potential learners globally?”

• "We've got to recognize that we can't treat the students as passive recipients of knowledge but as a co-creator of ideas.”