The prediction, in brief:

Communities need to learn how to enhance their local information infrastructure, to rebuild and rehumanize from within through the many advantages of local telecommuting, and to use those same developed skills in a global context via the Internet. Communities will be better served if NII implementation places emphasis on assisting citizens to access that information proven to be beneficial, and not just providing the physical connection.

Predictor: Odasz, Frank

Prediction, in context:

The 1995 book “Public Access to the Internet,” edited by Brian Kahin and James Keller carries the chapter, “Issues in the Development of Community Cooperative Networks” by Frank Odasz, the director of Big Sky Telegraph, Western Montana College of the University of Montana. He writes:”Communities need to learn how to enhance their local information infrastructure, to rebuild and rehumanize from within through the many advantages of local telecommuting, and to use those same developed skills in a global context via the Internet. Communities will be better served if NII implementation places emphasis on assisting citizens to access that information proven to be beneficial, and not just providing the physical connection.”

Biography:

Frank Odasz was an assistant professor of computing education at the University of Colorado and the director of Big Sky Telegraph, a popular community network of the time. He was widely known as a speaker on community networking and educational technologies. (Technology Developer/Administrator.)

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: Issues in the Development of Community Cooperative Networks

Quote Type: Direct quote

Page number or URL of document at time of study:
Pages 119, 120

This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Guarino, Jennifer Anne