Back to the Future

Back to Future Education

Videos of "Classroom of the Future"    Part 1    Part 2   and    Part 3

These video were created in 1987. After watching these videos, I am surprised to see the prediction of the Future Classrooms 20 years back. In the video, the teacher assigned the Web based inquiry research Project and shifted the control of learning to the students. World Wide Web was invented in 1989 and this video series was the created 2 years before that. Their vision for future education classroom was correct, as we can see more and more web based research learning in current education system.

They used many electronic devices and methods such as

•           Smart screens in the classroom which can do Video             Conferencing

•           Handheld device like i-Pads: Still a dream of many students

•           Real life chatting like Skype or Face-time: an important tool for Distant Education and requires a high speed internet connection.

•           Voice recolonization, Artificial Intelligence: It might take few more years to be popular.

However, there is no Touch Screen prediction in the video.

I really appreciate the filmmaker’s wonderful thoughtful vision for the future classroom.

Looking at the drastic development of Technology, I predict that there will not be any physical schools or classrooms. All the education will be Internet based just like online classes or Distant Learning Programs. 

Some disadvantages might be:

•  Losing the text books 
•  Loosing of the good feel about the going to school and interacting with teachers and classmates face to face.
• Health issues because of more sitting and screen work etc

Some benefits might be:

• Education will not be Location bound.
• Vast use of resources and World Wide Information.
• Saving of Space required by current schools etc

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