The very notion of traditional education will become obsolete. The new technologies that are now being developed will enable people of all ages and social conditions to learn anything, anywhere, at any time. Learning will not be based, as it is today, on mechanisms of selection and exclusion. Diplomas will disappear. Instead, people will get certificates (the same way we get driver’s licenses) to show potential employers that they have specific skills, talents, or knowledge.
Predictor: Perelman, Lewis J.
Prediction, in context:In a 1993 article for The Christian Science Monitor, Romolo Gondolfo interviews Lewis J. Perelman, senior researcher at the Discovery Insititute in Washington, D.C. Gondolofo quotes Perelman saying:”The very notion of traditional education will become obsolete. The new technologies that are now being developed will enable people of all ages and social conditions to learn anything, anywhere, at any time. Learning will not be based, as it is today, on mechanisms of selection and exclusion. Diplomas will disappear. Instead, people will get certificates (the same way we get driver’s licenses) to show potential employers that they have specific skills, talents, or knowledge.”
Date of prediction: September 1, 1993
Topic of prediction: Getting, Sharing Information
Subtopic: E-learning
Name of publication: Christian Science Monitor
Title, headline, chapter name: Will Technology Alter Traditional Teaching?
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
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