Next-Generation Educational Software: Why We Need It and a Research Agenda for Getting It

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Next-Generation Educational Software: Why We Need It and a Research Agenda for Getting It
This is a pretty neat article, a good argument, well made, for research in new directions in educational technology. Beginning with some observations about such things as the dearth of authoring tools, conservatism in schools and the lack of teacher training, the authors propose the research needs to be conducted into the development of a range of tools that allow people to author and work with such things as simulations. More...