7: Knowledge Transmission
Improve knowledge transmission. Other Information:
We need to improve knowledge transmission through faster adoption of digital textbooks, more widespread use of creative commons
licenses for instructional materials developed with taxpayer dollars, and policy changes that speed education innovation.
Stakeholder(s):
- Young People: Digital technology enables new forms of educational instruction through improvements in engagement, interest, personalization,
collaboration, and interactivity. Online learning can engage young people, personalize learning, improve learning for non-traditional
students, facilitate social networking and collaboration, and provide new platforms for learning through interactive processes.
- Non-Traditional Students
- Gordon Freedman: Our participant Gordon Freedman, president of the National Laboratory for Education Transformation, said that "we still are
reliant on an institution to pass out a credential to hire someone."
- National Laboratory for Education Transformation
- Schools: Yet despite the obvious opportunity for revitalizing education, there remain numerous barriers to the fulfillment of these
objectives. Many schools remain structured around a schedule based on a 19th century agrarian society and a 20th century industrial
model, and do not address the needs of a 21st century information-based economy.
- Educational Institutions: Educational institutions are overly bureaucratic and too hierarchical, and poorly equipped to train students for newly emerging
jobs. Often times, they do not engage students' interests or make the education process very relevant.
Objective(s):
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