Sega, Nintendo, and Atari, like most of the game machines, are state of the art. Home schoolers have the most to gain from the infobahn, and are likely to be the first to start using it at anywhere near its full potential. The combination of computers and computer networks will allow curriculum and the 'virtual classroom' to be tailored down to the individual level. Colleges and universities, on the contrary, stand to lose if they don't start planning ahead. The cost is not the only thing that will spur on-line education forward.
People have less and less time, and want to do more and more.
Time spent traveling to school, time spent in class listening to a lecture that could just as well have been taped, or even worse, merely repeats what was in the readings, is time wasted. Time that could have been spent on studying or on recreation. The University of San Diego seems to be sticking its head in the sand. Our new University President recently gave a speach to new administrators. Connectivity is not Community , she said.