These applications, when fully exploited and engaged by education and open online learning, will create a paradigm shift that will not only create the 'Neo-Renaissance Man’ but in doing so may equally bring about the 'creative destruction' of some of the centuries old constructs of an education system the world over, rooted deep in an industrial-age past. The open online learning on the internet's Web 2.0, as the printing press did at the start of the first Renaissance period in 1450, will make world class self-motivated learning affordable for all.
It will be delivered in a ‘just-in-time’ mode, being completed at the place of our choosing, at a speed appropriate to our learning abilities and preference (visual, auditory, reading/writing or tactile) and in accordance with our situation and need.
As Thomas Frey and the researchers/futurists at the Da Vinci Institute state in their report The Future of Education -
"The pace of change mandates that we produce a faster, smarter, better grade of human being. Current (education) systems are preventing that from happening".The new age in learning is now being thwarted by the very system that was previously charged with its care. More recently, Curtis Bonk has published a book titled "The World Is Open" where he researches the massive changes that open online learning and web technology are going to make to learning. He sees learning on demand being delivered by mobile technologies "pocket school" and the skyrocketing demand for Informal learning which has led him to label this the 'learning century" According to Curtis -
"Today we have the potential for hundreds of millions, if not billions, of new learners who might not be seeking a formally accredited degree. What they seek via open online learning are opportunities, choice, flexibility, empowerment, and, ultimately, freedom to learn".Google
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