Educators in many parts of the world are locked in debate about alternatives for reforming education systems our societies have outgrown. One promising direction for educational reform involves using the Internet with K-12 students to create global learning communities and develop more effective pedagogical practices. The use of educational telecommunications in the classroom clearly holds potential as both a communication tool and as a research tool for collaborative projects or activities.
Predictor: Brown, Kristin
Prediction, in context:In a research presentation titled “Creating Global Learning Communities: I*EARN’s Action-Based Projects,” presented at the Internet Society’s INET ’95 June 27-30 in Honolulu, Hawaii, Kristin Brown, project coordinator of I*EARN (the International Education and Resource Network), says:”Educators are asking how they will provide our world’s youth with the skills, tools and mindset required to handle the enormous problems they will inherit in the 21st century. Educators in many parts of the world are locked in debate about alternatives for reforming education systems our societies have outgrown. One promising direction for educational reform involves using the Internet with K-12 students to create global learning communities and develop more effective pedagogical practices. The use of educational telecommunications in the classroom clearly holds potential as both a communication tool and as a research tool for collaborative projects or activities. It is not immediately clear to educators, however, how to organize their classrooms to take advantage of this untapped potential.”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Getting, Sharing Information
Subtopic: E-learning
Name of publication: ISOC INET '95 (conference)
Title, headline, chapter name: Creating Global Learning Communities: I*EARN’s Action-Based Projects
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://www.isoc.org/HMP/PAPER/220/txt/paper.txt
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Anderson, Janna Quitney