Learning in the Twenty-First Century Interactive Multimedia Technology

Abstract

Most learning systems in the world today are remarkably similar. This similarity extends over a wide range of student ages, and extends geographically almost everywhere. Although we hear a great deal about cultural differences, and undoubtedly differences can be found, there is also a tremendous similarity in educational strategies. The lecture/textbook approach to learning, teacher directed classes, with a teacher in front of a group of students, is almost universal, whether one is talking about a class of ten year olds in Japan, or whether one is talking about a class of twenty-two year olds in the United States.