Terry M. Moe: Virtual Education--A True Revolution

"Technology is one of the most revolutionary things to hit education."
That's how I started my talk at the Hoover Institution's October 2010 Retreat.
The impact of technology on K-12 education is unstoppable. It is going to completely change the way education is carried out in this country and everywhere else. It is going to change the nature of politics, the nature of education politics, and the structure of power.
What will the school of the future look like?
The education of the future will not be a teacher standing in front of 30 kids. That will be archaic. It will be a hybrid, a mixture of computer learning and regular school with personalized instruction for each child. Students will, in the next 10, 20, maybe more years, will take 80 percent of their coursework on online.
I also explain why technology is not a reform. Basically, technology is this big social force that is overwhelming the planet and education is not going to be able to escape from it.
Click here to listen to the audio of my talk.