A shift from assessment based on test performance to assessment based on products and progress . The demand is increasing for realistic tasks that access learning as it applies to new areas. A shift from a competitive to a cooperative goal structure. With access to extensive data bases, collaboration through networked communications not only becomes possible but practical. A shift from the primacy of verbal thinking to the integration of visual and verbal thinking .
Students come to higher education with more extensive experience with video than print.
The next issues of Thinking About College Teaching will discuss this changing role. The Schoolyear 2000 Concept. Address at Northwestern University, March 7, 1991. The Role of Computer Technology in Restructuring Schools.