From Gutenburg to Gates and Beyond

Abstract:

As Gutenburg's printing press ignited the Renaissance, computers and the online revolution are igniting a Digital Renaissance which will have a profound effect on curriculum and pedagogy in the near future. This will happen whether schools, as institutions, embrace it or not because students, teachers, parents, and anyone else needing to learn something will be accessing instructional services from home, at night, outside the purview of the traditional school.

What happens when the people outside of education who are building the new information infrastructures realize the immense power of new technologies to deliver instruction to the DotCom generation? What will education look like as we make a major shift in the who, when, where, why, and how of teaching and learning? This presentation looks at the reasons why we are facing changes of such great magnitude in such a short period of time. It explores the nature of the online world and suggests what kinds of instructional services will be arriving very shortly. This presentation asks participants to reconsider education as we move from Gutenburg to Gates and Beyond. Co-developed with Ian Jukes.

Presentation type...	keynote or breakout session
Audience................	all
Duration.................	1 to 3 hours
Handouts................	yes

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