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of answering assignments or carrying out research projects. Thus, every student can
potentially benefit from every other student's efforts. In such a situation, education
can become a cooperative enterprise involving teachers and students alike. There is
more: courses mounted on the Web are also available around the world so that we
might expect to see international competition among universities. In fact many
universities now accept admission applications over the Web. There is a danger of
uniformity as the globally renowned universities make their presence felt
everywhere. How will local colleges and universities compete? They will have to
provide a variety of services—hand-on experiences, local special conditions, direct
personal attention—not available to distant institutions. It does seem to be the case
that educational institutions will have to be flexible, imaginative, and perhaps lucky,
to survive in a networked world.
But it should be noted that new technology is not replacing teachers but rather
is extending the power of imaginative teachers and curious students to explore the
world in ways not previously possible. Well trained teachers, assisted by technical
staff, operating with adequate equipment, connected to the Internet, and financed
with adequate operating funds are the basic necessities for success in the wired world.
Education is usually considered in the context of educational instructions elementary
schools, high schools, vocational schools, colleges, and universities—but
considerable learning goes on in the workplace as well as in company-sponsored
classrooms. Many people have a vision of lifelong learning as a combination of
institutionalized instruction and the individual pursuit of knowledge. Traditionally,
libraries have played a very important role in enabling motivated individuals to
pursue their interests in a self-directed manner.
Now with the emergence of the Internet, and the explosive growth of
information, it is not unrealistic to consider the self-education to become accessible
beyond reduction of formal institutions. One early proposal is to get electronic books
into homes—through a national digital library and small, sharp-screened
computers—in an era of declining literacy. It is a vision to have an online library of
books, not just public domain ones currently available on a number of Web sites, but
newly published ones for which copyright still applies and that would be readily
accessible for a small fee. Such a scheme could provide
supplementary resources for
schools as well and would operate in parallel with the school system.
Notes
to hand on – передавать, длиться
lifelong learning – непрерывное обучение
forefront – передовая линия
COMPEHENSION CHECK
Exercise 1. Answer the questions.
1. Why education over the Web can become a cooperative enterprise friendly to
teachers and students alike?
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