[E-learning] is a technology that people should master at an early age … This technology offers an opportunity for dramatic improvement in the educational process. If there is a metaphor to be used in this context it is the view of educational networking as a new type of public library facility for any one who wishes to learn or to be trained, regardless of age or economic condition. This is perhaps the area where the most can be accomplished with public funds in the shortest space of time.
Predictor: Hiltz, Starr Roxanne
Prediction, in context:In a 1992 paper they presented at a workshop titled “Rights and Responsibilities of Participants in Networked Communities” for the Computer Science and Telecommunications Board of the National Research Council, researchers Starr Roxanne Hiltz and Murray Turoff say:”If we accept the normative view that [E-learning] is a technology for use by the public, or even if we only conclude that it will become a common part of the work environment, then it becomes obvious that this is a technology that people should master at an early age. If we further understand the limitations of current teaching approaches and the gains that may be made through collaborative learning and home access by students to networks, it becomes clear that this technology offers an opportunity for dramatic improvement in the educational process. If there is a metaphor to be used in this context it is the view of educational networking as a new type of public library facility for any one who wishes to learn or to be trained, regardless of age or economic condition. This is perhaps the area where the most can be accomplished with public funds in the shortest space of time.”
Biography:Starr Roxanne Hiltz, the co-author of a seminal book about the electronic frontier, “The Network Nation: Human Communication Via Computer” (MIT Press), was a professor of computer and information science at the New Jersey Institute of Technology and the author of many Internet research studies. In 1994, Hiltz received the “Pioneer Award” from the Electronic Frontier Foundation for her “significant and influential contributions to computer-based communications and to the empowerment of individuals using computers.” She was among the first to note that computer conferencing could form the basis of new kinds of communities. (Research Scientist/Illuminator.)
Date of prediction: November 1, 1992
Topic of prediction: Getting, Sharing Information
Subtopic: E-learning
Name of publication: Rights and Responsibilities of Participants in Networked CommunitiesComputer science and Telecommunications BoardNational Research Council (NRC)
Title, headline, chapter name: A Normative View of Networking Applications
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://web.njit.edu/~turoff/Papers/dcgov.html
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