About 15 percent of education will be done on the Net. More than 10 million students are in higher education today, each averaging four courses. There are 40 million courses every semester, and 1 percent are receiving any education via analog TV or satellites.
Predictor: Heterick, Robert
Prediction, in context:In a 1995 article in Network Computing magazine, a number of Internet pioneers and administrators were asked for their predictions for the year 2000. Robert Heterick, president of Educom, comments: ”About 15 percent of education will be done on the Net. More than 10 million students are in higher education today, each averaging four courses. There are 40 million courses every semester, and 1 percent are receiving any education via analog TV or satellites.”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Getting, Sharing Information
Subtopic: E-learning
Name of publication: Network Computing
Title, headline, chapter name: Millennium Prophesies
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe/document?_m=1b2401a7f3b066acd9e0ae52a25c0e21&_docnum=4&wchp=dGLbVtb-lSlAl&_md5=1a8616c1ba5ed2fe70f13731c109363c
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Edwards, Elizabeth