Stephen Downes: The Future of Online Learning: Ten Years On

Half an Hour: The Future of Online Learning: Ten Years On

Stephen Downes just published a new major paper: The Future of Online Learning: Ten Years On. This is the introduction:

In the summer of 1998, over two frantic weeks in July, I wrote an essay titled The Future of Online Learning. (Downes, 1998) At the time, I was working as a distance education and new media design specialist at Assiniboine Community College, and I wrote the essay to defend the work I was doing at the time. “We want a plan,” said my managers, and so I outlined the future as I thought it would – and should – unfold.

In the ten years that have followed, this vision of the future has proven to be remarkably robust. I have found, on rereading and reworking the essay, that though there may have been some movement in the margins, the overall thrust of the paper was essentially correct. This gives me confidence in my understanding of those forces and trends that are moving education today.

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Professor, web2.0 enthusiast, and didactic chef.
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