Future schools: Books to be replaced by online learning by 2030, global survey predicts - IAN WALKER, the Sunday Telegraph

Books will be a distant memory, social skills will trump academic knowledge, teachers will be guides rather than lecturers and set hours at school will be a thing of the past. This is the vision of what schools will be like in 2030 as seen by experts from across the world. If the predictions from the World Innovation Summit for Education’s global survey are right, then a student’s interpersonal skills will be their most valued asset, with 75 per cent of respondents ranking it number one compared to 42 per cent for academic knowledge. Books will be few and far between with nearly half of respondents saying online content will be king. http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/future-schools-books-to-be-replaced-by-online-learning-by-2030-global-survey-predicts/story-fni0cx12-1227145707499