Clearly, the Classroom of 2010 will be everywhere and nowhere … We teachers for the most part are dead ducks.
Predictor: Dator, Jim
Prediction, in context:In a speech for the Seminar for Presidents of Community and Junior Colleges from Japan and the U.S. (presented at the East-West Center, June 8, 1993) titled “The College Classroom of the Year 2010,” futurist Jim Dator says:”Clearly, the Classroom of 2010 will be everywhere and nowhere … The GBN [Global Business Network] education report says this about [its projected future] Software Landing scenario: ‘The role of teacher will change: from repository of expertise to guide to resources. Rather than playing the role of expert or know-it-all, the teacher will be a mediator between the student and resources that far exceed what any individual, even the most skilled or brilliant scholar, could know. Librarians are better models for this role than are research scientists.’ I agree entirely with their point about librarians vs. teachers. I have been saying this also for years. We teachers for the most part are dead ducks.”
Biography:Jim Dator was a futurist who is credited with founding the first Future Studies program in 1971. He has been director of the Hawaii Research Center for Futures Studies at the University of Hawaii. (Futurist/Consultant.)
Date of prediction: June 8, 1993
Topic of prediction: Getting, Sharing Information
Subtopic: E-learning
Name of publication: Seminar for Presidents of Community and Junior Colleges from Japan and the U.S. at the East-West Center, June 8, 1993
Title, headline, chapter name: The College Classroom of the Year 2010
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://www.futures.hawaii.edu/dator/education/class2010.html
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Anderson, Janna Quitney