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Millennium Prophesies (1/1/1995)
Heterick, Robert
About 15 percent of education will be done on the Net. More than 10 million students are in higher education today, each averaging four courses. There are 40 million courses every semester, and 1 percent are receiving any education via analog TV or satellites.

Transitions in Computer-Mediated Communication (1/1/1995)
December, John
Online literacy will grow in importance as a important component of education at many levels.

Chapter 9: Education: The Best Investment (1/1/1995)
Gates, Bill
The highway will alter the focus of education from the institution to the individual. The ultimate goal will be changed from getting a diploma to enjoying life-long learning.

Executive Summary (1/1/1994)
Kleinrock, Leonard
Flat-rate (subscription) charging alternatives are desirable ... The commercialization of the Internet and the integration of applications into research and education suggest that related spending will inevitably be integrated into general research and education budgets, as is the case for the telephone and computing costs.

Chapter 9: Education: The Best Investment (1/1/1995)
Gates, Bill
Every member of society, including every child, will have more information easily at hand than anyone has today. I believe that just the availability of information will spark the curiosity and imagination of many. Education will become a very individual matter.

Chapter 9: Education: The Best Investment (1/1/1995)
Gates, Bill
Most countries will decide to make increased investments in education, and computer use in schools will catch up to its use in homes and businesses. Over time - longer in less developed countries - we are likely to see computers installed in every classroom in world.

Chapter 9: Education: The Best Investment (1/1/1995)
Gates, Bill
The highway's educational possibilities will also be open to the world's unofficial students. People anywhere will be able to take the best course taught by great teachers. The highway will make adult education, including job training and career-enhancement courses, more readily available.

Leadership in Education (1/1/1994)
National Research Council
The integration of networking into K-12 education requires that mainstream educational services be available over the network. Providing such services, in turn, requires a highly organized effort to create the software, secure state government and community approval of materials and instructional environment, train thousands of teachers, and provide hands-on assistance to teachers confronting new applications. Integrating networking into education also requires an ongoing program of research into the design and implementation of infrastructure technology and applications for education, because the problem of providing and supporting access to network-based resources in education is larger an

K-12 Education (1/1/1994)
National Research Council
The absence of consensus on how to incorporate network-based applications into education suggests a need for research into appropriate technology, appropriate levels for providing networking and internetworking support, the economics of school networking (funding, policies), content standardization, and information-age skills and knowledge assessments. As one workshop report observed, "Educators will not use networks to teach just because the technology is pervasive in society" ... true NII support for education must encompass administrator, principal, and teacher preparation; public awareness; and other facets of the education process that may not be captured in programs focusing on enhanc

The College Classroom of the Year 2010 (6/8/1993)
Dator, Jim
Several years ago, someone said that, "The University of the Future will be a Network and not a place." It is absolutely clear to me that this is almost certainly so. That is the best phrase I know of to express what I believe to be the most likely future of higher education everywhere in the world.

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