A very good question. The role of the teacher will change significantly . . . and, we believe, become much more meaningful and professional. Teachers will continue to teach, of course. They will need to teach those important things that cannot be learned online . . . the more complex learner outcomes and experiences that require interaction with the learning facilitator and other learners. The question we might ask is: "What skills does it take to coach, mentor, guide, and monitor individual learners as they become self-directed life-long learners? Just thought -- we could learn much from our guidance counselors as we design staff development activities to ensure that teachers have the skills and confidence to "coach" learners.

My take is that most teachers would be quite good at working with individual students as they plan and monitor their activities. Today's technology can and will play a large role in the planning, monitoring, and recording of learner progress. Hope that we have time to discuss this on Monday. We will want your ideas, of course.

This question also included a second ???? "Will this affect the way universities train prospective teachers?" For sure, for sure! We should all be learning about this at the same time so that we are on the same page. We believe that MCL is INEVITABLE, that it is desirable and doable . . . and that we all must change to meet the Age of Empowerment needs of our learners. Your questions scare us a bit . . . when the MCL vision hits, there will be MUCH TO DO. But first, we need to get the vision out there so all role groups become advocates and begin to think of what "they" need to do to make MCL a reality. We want to thank TIE for this bookstudy group . . . we hope and trust that you are becoming MCL advocates!!!