People using technology will replace the overly expensive, information-poor and isolated classrooms of today. Public education has a choice. It will either actively embrace these new technology-driven opportunities or be replaced by private firms who will use them.
Predictor: Lyell, Ed
Prediction, in context:In a speech he delivered at the summer training program for New York State Deans of Education at Bank Street College in 1994, Ed Lyell outlines a new educational plan in which the use of the Internet is key. He calls his concept the “Just-In-Time Learning System” and offers it as a plan for an individualized curriculum and more cost-effective education. He concludes:”Most public educators continue to shun this revolution, but they will be among the missing in the new learning system. Technology has a continuing downward cost curve, and people always cost more. People using technology will replace the overly expensive, information-poor and isolated classrooms of today. Public education has a choice. It will either actively embrace these new technology-driven opportunities or be replaced by private firms who will use them.”
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: June 11, 1994
Topic of prediction: Getting, Sharing Information
Subtopic: E-learning
Name of publication: Technology in Context
Title, headline, chapter name: Creating the Just-in-Time Learning System: Merging High Tech with High Touch
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://faculty.adams.edu/~ehlyell/Articles/BANKSTre.ART.htm
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Anderson, Janna Quitney