Faculty will rightly continue to insist that there is no substitute for experiencing a work as it was meant to be experienced, but in general we will benefit from a more convenient access to databases, especially those in the fields where information quickly becomes obsolete.
Predictor: Roddy, Kevin
Prediction, in context:In a 1994 online newsletter for the University of California, Davis, Kevin Roddy, a Medieval Studies professor writes about e-learning. He writes:”The Internet will continue to change the way we receive and convey information. Faculty will rightly continue to insist that there is no substitute for experiencing a work as it was meant to be experienced, but in general we will benefit from a more convenient access to databases, especially those in the fields where information quickly becomes obsolete.”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1994
Topic of prediction: Getting, Sharing Information
Subtopic: E-learning
Name of publication: Information Technology Times
Title, headline, chapter name: Teaching with the Internet: What There is and What There Might Be
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://ittitmes.ucdavis.edu/v2n3sprg94/teaching.html
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