By adding other mechanisms for interaction and putting more responsibility on the students for creating and sharing knowledge, we can try a broader range of models for distance learning. Rather than one organization or person being responsible for all the teaching, responsibilities can be distributed among different groups and locations.
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:”By adding other mechanisms for interaction and putting more responsibility on the students for creating and sharing knowledge, we can try a broader range of models for distance learning. Rather than one organization or person being responsible for all the teaching, responsibilities can be distributed among different groups and locations.”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Getting, Sharing Information
Subtopic: E-learning
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 94
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Guarino, Jennifer Anne