The future impact of the Internet on higher education: Experts expect more-efficient collaborative environments and new grading schemes; they worry about massive online courses, the shift away from on-campus life.
Tech experts believe market factors will push universities to expand online courses, create hybrid learning spaces, move toward ‘lifelong learning’ models and different credentialing structures by the year 2020. But they disagree about how these whirlwind forces will influence education, for the better or the worse.
Janna Quitney Anderson, Elon University
Jan Lauren Boyles, Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project
Lee Rainie, Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project
July 27, 2012
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