Joan believes that a highly interactive online curriculum will provide excellent learning opportunities but still not meet the educational needs of some students. Using this server-based system, you are able to interact 'live' with multiple people through video and audio. Multiple people in multiple remote locations are able to interact synchronously. While the technology does show promise, we have found several issues to be limiting the widespread use of MCU for online learning. Imagine if you could combine the features of multimedia CBT with virtual reality with the best of Electronic Performance Support Systems.
Augmented Reality is one name for it.
Currently, CME work being done by the military will eventually influence American society. As with the technological issue, the better teachers already have been highly skilled in these areas. Deirdre Bonnycastle shared two highly relevant learning ideas that are too expensive for schools but might hold promise for future curriculum development. I would be creating this type of content now if we could afford it. Also, they need administrators who are willing to invest money into relevant teacher training programs.