The prediction, in brief:

Lyell has plans for an educational system where students are treated as individuals with differing interests and learning skills. He hopes to build interactive learning devices that students can peruse at their own pace and that present information in a variety of ways. “In the case of education, it means a student is able to log onto a computer to learn about whatever he or she is interested in learning about at that particular point in time.”

Predictor: Lyell, Ed

Prediction, in context:

In a 1993 Wired magazine interview with Connie Guglielmo about his election to the Colorado State Board of Education, Ed Lyell discusses his vision of the future of computers and education. Guglielmo writes:”Lyell has plans for an educational system where students are treated as individuals with differing interests and learning skills. He hopes to build interactive learning devices that students can peruse at their own pace and that present information in a variety of ways. These computer-based learning systems are part of a concept he calls ‘Just-in-Time Learning.’ ‘It’s analogous to just-in-time manufacturing, which holds that efficiency comes when things happen just at the right time, when you have all the proper resources in place,’ says Lyell. ‘In the case of education, it means a student is able to log onto a computer to learn about whatever he or she is interested in learning about at that particular point in time.’ Of course, says Lyell, educators need to agree on a general education framework – essentially, what knowledge or skills all students should possess by the time they reach certain milestones.”

Biography:

Ed Lyell was an educator and education administrator who foresaw uses for the Internet in schools and became a popular public speaker on the topic. (Futurist/Consultant.)

Date of prediction: January 1, 1993

Topic of prediction: Getting, Sharing Information

Subtopic: E-learning

Name of publication: Wired

Title, headline, chapter name: Man With a Plan: Ed Lyell Has Actually Been Elected to the Colorado State Board of Education

Quote Type: Direct quote

Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/1.06/lyell_pr.html

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