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Teaching, Learning and the Future of the Internet Nov, 1999 Dr. Terence W. Rogers Director, Abilene Project Internet2 Project Goals Enable new generation of applications Re-create leading edge R&E network capability Transfer capability to the global production Internet UCAID Member Universities 150+ Members University of Puerto Rico not shown Driver behind these changes BANDWIDTH - BANDWIDTH BANDWIDTH UNIT costs will fall dramatically and then move to a Moore’s Law track We will have a PC model of getting more for your money Compared to today we may as well think of bandwidth as Free Qwest Network in 2000 “The network could simultaneously carry the traffic generated by 300,000 broadcast channels -- more than 100 times the number of channels available worldwide today - and still have capacity to spare.” Three Major Themes 1. It will look different ... HDTV quality Entertainment Level impact Interactive Large Screens, Wall projections ... 1A. It will become even more so ... TeleImmersion Realistic virtual presence Realistic virtual objects Introducing touch … Educational Opportunities Specific Lessons Educational Channels (by the 100’s) Tele-Classrooms Visualization - modeling … The creation of central Resource Labs What is the role of the Commercial world? Educational Impact? Teachers • Information overload • Vocational Training becomes distributed? The teacher as guide not giver of info The teacher as ethical, behavioral, or dare I say it moral guide 2. We will be Totally Wired Your House Your Car Your Body, (health signs etc.) Your Work place (wherever that is!) & Your SCHOOL Remote Teaching Environments Electron Microscope example U. Mich. Centralized specialized Resources Is this too VIRTUAL? -- Training for how the “real world” will be Imagine how it will be with TeleImmersion!! Classroom Kits The Wired Classroom -- Hands on physical objects Models shipped from and managed by remote site 3. Collaboration The other BIG change Beyond videoconferencing, and Chat Rooms etc Tools for shared writing, thinking, designing Shared environments & models Collaborative Education Kids helping Kids • conversational French! Teachers helping Teachers Distributed Classroom • Special Ed needs • More specialization possible Some PERSONAL observations We can not afford the current distance from the Commercial World Kids will increasingly learn more from the world about them than from “school” A Dominant trend is Diversification My Guess as to the Future Schools as we know them will disappear Educational Material will be created & supplied completely remotely By a mix of Educators, Entertainers, Commercial Org’s ….. It will not be delivered but Selected Dramatic need for Values and Standards the role of the Teachers Testing will be the responsibility of the Individual and the Receiving Org AND SO …. If that scares you half as much as it scares me, I hope you will participate in making it come out well The only thing I am sure of is that I am UNDERESTIMATING the change! Remote Scanning Electron Microscope University of Michigan Philips XL30 Teleimmersion University of Illinois-Chicago University of Illinois-NCSA Old Dominion University Immersadesk Source: University of Illinois-Chicago More Info ... www.internet2.edu apps.internet2.edu/talks/ abilene@internet2.edu