There will be an explosion of network-based courses for teacher professional development. The best of these will offer world-class learning opportunities that will intermix cognitive research, educational philosophy, subject matter, content, and just-in-time support for in-class experimentation. Participants can work with local study groups and larger virtual groups that span the world. The faculty … will include international experts, experienced teachers, and outstanding researchers. Graduate credit from leading institutions throughout the world will be available … The result will be a growing teacher-generated literature of immense value to education, and increasing appreciation of the importance of lifelong learning for teachers and teacher-researchers who are making contributions to education, science, and mathematics.
Predictor: Tinker, Bob
Prediction, in context:In 1995, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Educational Technology commissioned a series of white papers on various issues related to networking technologies. The department convened the authors for a workshop in November 1995 to discuss the implications. The following statement is taken from one of the white papers, “The Whole World in Their Hands,” by Bob Tinker, the president of Concord Consortium, he has a Ph.D. in physics from MIT and a reputation as a pioneer in constructivist uses of educational technology. Tinker writes: ”There will be an explosion of network-based courses for teacher professional development. The best of these will offer world-class learning opportunities that will intermix cognitive research, educational philosophy, subject matter, content, and just-in-time support for in-class experimentation. Participants can work with local study groups and larger virtual groups that span the world. The faculty leading these will consist of teams that include international experts, experienced teachers, and outstanding researchers. Graduate credit from leading institutions throughout the world will be available for teachers. Teacher evaluation in these programs will be based in part on curriculum and research contributions that participating teachers make and post on the network. The result will be a growing teacher-generated literature of immense value to education, and increasing appreciation of the importance of lifelong learning for teachers and teacher-researchers who are making contributions to education, science, and mathematics.”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Getting, Sharing Information
Subtopic: E-learning
Name of publication: The Future of Networking Technologies for Learning
Title, headline, chapter name: The Whole World in Their Hands
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://www.ed.gov/Technology/Futures/
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Anderson, Janna Quitney