Having done a fair share of online design and teaching; for me this text is an incredible effort. John Sener's research was impeccable and his vision of the future extremely insightful. He's managed to become both a prognosticator and proponent of "Cyberizing education; and educators worldwide should take note of the words in this phenomenally well-researched and written book.
The text should be integrated into every teacher education program possible, as soon as possible. John's thinking is way out ahead of where many in the education profession are currently residing. And it's more than a wake-up call to the realities of how teaching and learning are transforming more quickly than anyone can imagine.
For me, this book is education's equivalent of Alvin Toffler's book "Future Shock." In that book Toffler argued that society was undergoing an enormous structural change, a revolution from an industrial society to a "super-industrial society"; that the accelerated rate of technological and social change left people disconnected and suffering from "shattering stress and disorientation"--future shocked. My mind kept revisiting Toffler's thesis as applied to The Seven Futures of American Education. I finally concluded that, John Sener has done the same thing, except his reference is to the cyberizing of education. For some it will be a shock; for others like me; a refreshing and discerning peek into the future of education, at all levels.
With the above said; I must admit that parts of the text were at a very high level of processing (for me), but ultimately I came to suspect that it might have been an intentional challenge on the part of the author to "make" me reason out some of what cyberizing education is truly about.
While I suspect the book might target professional educators, parents; don't let the big words scare you away because this book may help you understand where you're kids future education is heading; at all levels.
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