George Siemens posted an item this morning entitled, “What is the future of education? A request for help“. Mike Bogle then expanded on this topic in his posting, “The Future of Education is War“.
Quoting from Mike:
We will not see much recognisable difference in these educational institutions in 50 years. What I think we will see though is the emergence or strengthening of an educational counter-culture outside of the stagnating walls of traditional institutions, inspired by the exodus of of the innovators, dissidents, and people generally unsatisfied with the unrelenting constraints of the traditional model.
Homeschooling is one distinct area I think will continue to expand, but by no means the only one. I think we will see more and more charter schools, open universities, learning cooperatives, open educational networks, and other self-supporting bodies, each of which adopts a model that empowers and supports their learning styles, philosophies and preferences.
From DSC:
For those who won’t change…and when you see your enrollments going down…take some time to observe what happens to the rock within the flowing stream. Then reflect upon what you might gleam from that phenomenon. (To aid in this process, I created the below graphic a while ago and will now post it again here).
