Trying to predict ahead what new technology will be on offer in 2026 is incredibly hard, and it is easy to be too conservative. Looking back to 2006, ten years ago, we had:<\/p>\n
– no iPhones
\n– no iPads
\n– no Facebook
\n– Wikipedia yet to reach domination
\n– no Twitter
\n– Blockbuster video rental just past its peak
\n– Netflix was a DVD rental business: no video streaming<\/p>\n
So perhaps in 10 years time there will be again no Facebook or Twitter, iPhones will be replaced by star-trek like communicators, and Wikipedia will be replaced by a natural language enquiry system so that a student could just ask (or even think) a question, and immediately know the answer\u2026..<\/p>\n
How to teach students in such an environment? To be honest, I think there will still be a premium on having experienced human beings standing in front of them explaining stuff. I just hope all the marking can be done by robots (http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/business-38289079)<\/p>\n
Jon Rowe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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