Assesses the status of instructional technology in the United States and projects trends that appear to be taking shape. Highlights include corporate training and development, including the use of technology-based media; higher education, including changes in faculty roles; and elementary and secondary education, including distance education and…

Five experts discuss the purpose of schooling, dated models of education, changing education, information technology, equitable access to technology, new educational models, the role of the teacher, government's role, financing public or private schools through voucher systems, and collaboration between schools and industry. (LRW)