Responsibility for learning and managing information must be shared by all. The pace of change is too fast for individuals to depend totally on others to structure their learning and information for them; pre-planned courses, textbooks, teacher training programs, technical support staff, and the like may not always be available to meet an individual’s particular learning need. New curriculum frameworks, instructional materials, assessment and testing schemes, and teacher training programs should take into account … increased responsibilities for information management.
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:”Responsibility for learning and managing information must be shared by all. The pace of change is too fast for individuals to depend totally on others to structure their learning and information for them; pre-planned courses, textbooks, teacher training programs, technical support staff, and the like may not always be available to meet an individual’s particular learning need. New curriculum frameworks, instructional materials, assessment and testing schemes, and teacher training programs should take into account … increased responsibilities for information management.”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Getting, Sharing Information
Subtopic: Medical/Professional
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 110
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Guarino, Jennifer Anne