This month I am reviewing a brand-new book that, I must admit, I have yet to finish reading. It was sent to me by Barry and Trudy Silverstein in Florida who read about our program in Newsweek and contacted me. After a wonderful conversation, they offered to send along a copy as they felt it is so in line with our philosophy. Were they ever right. Nothing is required, but everything is made available.
Users make the decisions but avail themselves of constant counseling by a variety of parties.
The very concept of schools, classes, courses, exams, and curriculum is superseded. Subjects and methods are reorganized around individual learners forging their personal curricula in interaction with others doing the same across a whole spectrum of learning sites, situations, and technologies. This is what I call the universal schoolhouse. Moffett effectively argues that in order to cure the ills of society we need to see to the personal development and enrichment of the whole child. He believes that this can best be done by helping students design personal learning programs that use the vast resources available within a community.