Educational opportunities for all could increase as more people participate in the Internet if networking infrastructure, services and applications develop in ways that help people contribute to the information infrastructure.
Predictor: Hunter, Beverly
Prediction, in context:The 1995 book “Public Access to the Internet,” edited by Brian Kahin and James Keller carries the chapter, “Learning and Teaching on the Internet: Contributing to Educational Reform” by Beverly Hunter, an educational strategist in the Educational Technologies Department of the technology firm Bolt, Beranek & Newman. She was previously the program director for Applications of Advanced Technologies in Science Education at the National Science Foundation. She writes:”Educational opportunities for all could increase as more people participate in the Internet if networking infrastructure, services and applications develop in ways that help people contribute to the information infrastructure.”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Getting, Sharing Information
Subtopic: General
Name of publication: Public Access to the Internet (book)
Title, headline, chapter name: Learning and Teaching on the Internet: Contributing to Educational Reform
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
Page 85
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Guarino, Jennifer Anne