The NII would make it practical to hook up the algebra students of 20 high schools around the country with 20 of the nation’s best algebra instructors. Students would be able to watch lectures interactively via video. They could also get individualized help by submitting their homework questions, via the NII, to an electronic teaching assistant. This computer program would answer routine questions and refer new ones to human instructors.
Predictor: Dertouzos, Michael
Prediction, in context:In a 1991 article for Technology Review, MIT researcher/administrator Michael Dertouzos writes: ”One form of cooperative work particulary important for the United Sates is education. The nation’s teachers are not always located where they are most needed. The NII [National Information Infrastructure] would make it practical to hook up the algebra students of 20 high schools around the country with 20 of the nation’s best algebra instructors. Students would be able to watch lectures interactively via video. They could also get individualized help by submitting their homework questions, via the NII, to an electronic teaching assistant. This computer program would answer routine questions and refer new ones to human instructors. (An experimantal teaching assistant of this sort is working today at MIT’s Project Athena.)”
Biography:Michael Dertouzos was director of the MIT Laboratory for Computer Science and the author of “The Unfinished Revolution.” He led a project intended to make computers adapt to people. He outlined a comprehensive proposal for a national information “infrastructure” in a 1991 article for Technology Review. (Research Scientist/Illuminator.)
Date of prediction: January 1, 1991
Topic of prediction: Getting, Sharing Information
Subtopic: E-learning
Name of publication: Technology Review
Title, headline, chapter name: Building the Information Marketplace
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://web2.infotrac.galegroup.com/itw/infomark/599/939/33335322ws/purl=rcl
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