Third, we should focus on customized learning. Each of us in this room is a unique individual, with different interests, different abilities and different ways of learning. It will not be for long in higher education. The new technologies offer us the means to individualize learning more effectively and efficiently. And, finally, we need to focus on continuous assessment.
Rigorous assessment is required by our accrediting bodies for a reason.
The new technologies provide many new tools for continuous assessment of learning. There will be new opportunities to assess and improve teaching and learning outcomes in real time. I also would like to mention two concepts we all will be hearing more about. One is distributed learning as distinguished from distance learning. Distributed learning at the student level is about moving from the lecture to facilitated education with the process of individualized learning distributed in time and space.