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Peer reviewedHecht, Jeffrey B. – Mid-Western Educational Researcher, 2001
Predictions about the future of education are made against a backdrop of the history of the university and the historical effects of technology on higher education and education in general. The role of the university professor will shift from content area expert to that of instructional developer, instructional troubleshooter, and instructional…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Continuing Education, Educational Change, Educational History
Download full textMalan, Pierre – 1998
This paper presents an overview of information technology development. The first section sets the scene, comparing the first WAN (Wide Area Network) and Intel processor to current technology. The birth of the microcomputer is described in the second section, including historical background on semiconductors, microprocessors, and the microcomputer.…
Descriptors: Computer Science, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society), History
Beaudet, Gaetan; Senechal, Gilles – 1997
Between 1985 and 1995, the progress of adult education in Canada was largely influenced by the restructuring of the economy and the job market; the changing nature of the state; the media and new information and communication technologies; and social and cultural change. Adult participation in education and training increased from 19 percent in…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Citizenship
