Classroom Let's look up a few more dictionary entries. I am curious how well Drucker's prediction jibes with the current usage of the word classroom . If campuses are bound to disappear, so may be the classrooms. From The American Heritage Dictionary class room n. 1. A room or place especially in a school in which classes are conducted From Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary class room n. 1.
People meet on the Web and converse in chatrooms .
Formally then, the definition, being open to various interpretations, will stand even as the concept of meeting with other people changes. Surely, we do not mean this when we talk of bringing technology into the classroom . But let's look up another entry. A group of students who meet at a regularly scheduled time to study the same subject. This definition will also survive regardless of whether Drucker's prediction comes true or not.