Chapter 9: Education: The Best Investment
Many educational software programs will have distinct personalities, and the student and computer will get to know each other. A student will ask, perhaps orally, “What caused the American Civil War?” His or her computer will reply, describing the conflicting contentions: that it was primarily a battle over economics or human rights. The length and approach of the answer will vary depending on the student and the circumstances. A student will be able to interrupt at any time to ask the computer for more or less detail or to request a different approach all together. The computer will know what information the student has read or watched and will point out connections or correlations and offer appropriate links … Different learning rates will be accommodated, because computers will be able to pay attention to independent learners.