The New Landscape for the Innovative Transformation of Education

• Autores: M. S. Vijay Kumar
• Localización: Social research: An international quarterly of the social sciences, ISSN 0037-783X, Nº. 3, 2012 (Ejemplar dedicado a: The future of higher education), págs. 619-630
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Over the next decade, we should anticipate a series of profound changes to the educational landscape, influenced by several intersecting trends. We can expect these innovations to create a series of new opportunities that will address and improve some of the enduring issues that have faced education�such as access and quality�with the potential to radically alter its ecology and economics. Simply allowing these changes to take place, however, will not guarantee positive results. There are new requirements for technological, organizational, and cultural preparedness in order to promote the desired outcomes. Understanding the dynamics behind these shifts allows us to lay the groundwork for leveraging the new opportunities. By observing some of the recent efforts sponsored by MIT, and drawing larger conclusions about the structural changes to the educational landscape that they might represent, we can highlight and discuss some new concepts that will challenge traditional assumptions about the development and delivery of education resources.