Into the Future: A Vision Paper

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Into the Future: A Vision Paper.

In the winter of 1999-2000 Wayne Hodgins was commissioned by the Commission on Technology & Adult Learning of the American Society for Training & Development (ASTD) and National Governors' Association (NGA) to write "Into the Future: A Vision Paper."

Since its release, the paper has received wide acclaim as THE vision paper for adult learning in the years ahead. Over a thousand people have downloaded it from Learnativity.com alone. Because we have heard some of you would rather read it online instead of downloading the paper, we're in the process of bringing you this paper in an .html format. For the time being, you can download the entire paper in Adobe Acrobat format. It's a large file (almost 1M) so be patient.

Below is a little from the Introduction.

INTO the FUTURE

Imagine.....
What we could do if we all shared a common vision of technology and adult learning.
If our actions and decisions resulted in the reinvention of learning through the more effective application of available technology.
What the future will be like if we choose to cultivate people with the skills needed to lead the technology that assists them in innovative problem solving.
Reading in 2010 how this Commission was identified as one of the milestone catalysts at the takeoff point of the new learning economy.

"We can let the future happen or take the trouble to imagine it. We can imagine it dark or bright--and in the long run, that's how it will be."
David Gelertner, 2000

Welcome to the future! In the space between this page and the last, time will be shifted forward five to ten years. Join us on a high-level flight over the new world of technology and adult learning that orbits around the unique learner in a knowledge-based universe. The rules of Newtonian physics have been superseded by those of Learnativity, where the gravitational pull of creating new knowledge determines and shapes the actions of everything within. So suspend disbelief for the next little while, fasten your seat belts low and tight, make sure your tray table is in the locked and upright position, be open to the new world that is created by this shift, and remember that Einstein once said, "A change in perspective is worth at least 50 IQ points." Ready? Three-two-one...

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