Judy O’Connell has posted the 10 top trends in technology impacting education as identified in the 2012 Horizon Report.
Trend 9 “There is a rise in informal learning as individual needs are redefining schools, universities, and training. Traditional authority is increasingly being challenged, not only politically and socially, but also in academia — and worldwide. As a result, credibility, validity, and control are all notions that are no longer givens when so much learning takes place outside school systems” particularly attracted my attention and as has been commented by Elaine Heumann Gurian and others, represents a unique opportunity for museums.
I believe we are seeing the beginning of the end curriculum driven, 9am-3pm, one-size-fits-all schooling.
