Instead of today’s model, where you have one expert at the front of the room talking to a lot of people, it’s reversed: You have one user at a computer with hundreds of experts built in.
Predictor: Schank, Roger
Prediction, in context:Roger Schank was director of Northwestern University’s Institute of the Learning Sciences in 1995. He was quoted by Kimberly Rose in a research presentation at INET ’95. the Internet Society’s 1995 International Networking Conference in Honolulu, Hawaii, June 27-30, 1995. Schenk says: ”[The Internet will be able to] provide built-in experts that are available online, looking over your shoulder. So, instead of today’s model, where you have one expert at the front of the room talking to a lot of people, it’s reversed: You have one user at a computer with hundreds of experts built in.”
Date of prediction: June 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Getting, Sharing Information
Subtopic: E-learning
Name of publication: ISOC INET '95 (conference)
Title, headline, chapter name: Learning with the World Wide Web: Connectivity Alone Will Not Save Education
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://www.isoc.org/HMP/PAPER/037/html/paper.html
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Anderson, Janna Quitney