EdPsy 387
Visions of UIUC in the Year 2016

• Steve Downey's vision: predicts that many administrative services and general education courses will be done at an "on-line university" via the Internet, but not advanced courses
• Barbara Funches' vision: predicts major changes towards a university "on line" but also resistance to change; raises four concerns about introducing "on line" universities
• Rick Hardy's vision: predicts benefits, including making the university more fiscally responsible
• Michelle Hinn's vision: predicts that a shift to a new medium of instruction will change the definition of "learning disabled," such that the current "disabled" will become valued members of the online university
• Dan Kauwell's vision:raises five issues for an on-line university: purpose, learning, impact on individuals, pedagogy, and learning environment
• Kevin Leander's vision: presents a dis-utopian vision through a set of memos from the year 2016
• Sun Lee's vision: predicts the future for a "sister university" of UIUC in Korea
• Jim Levin's vision: introduces the concept of a "diversity" (university as a diverse, geographically distributed set of learning centers) at which learners participate in teleapprenticeship and tele-task force interactions integrated with the rest of society
• Jonathan Moore's vision: presents a "day in the life" scenario of a university student in 2016
• Janet Nowaczyk's vision: describes the structure of the university and its relationships with the rest of society
• Don Reddick's vision: predicts changes in the educational process and social life of the university
• Richard Repp's vision: discusses four possible areas of conflict in implementing an on-line university: political, social, educational, and technological
• Paul Sundberg's vision: contrasts the physical university with the virtual university
• Yu-chi Tai's vision: specifies three goals: online university, fitted to different needs, leading to advanced thinking

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