Four spaces of network learning models

The development of information and communication technology changes how, wh at, who, when, where and why we learn. Unfortunately, little is known of th e exact impact that these changes will bring to education. However, we are certain that many new learning and teaching styles which are called learnin g models in the paper will emerge to cope with the changes in the near futu re. The present paper describes four spaces of learning models, namely, the future-classroom, the community-based, the structural-knowledge, and the c omplex-problem learning models, which are specifically designed to integrat e the Internet into education.(1) With the four spaces of learning models, the present paper may serve two functions. First, it offers a way to integr ate an array of different communication technologies (e.g. handheld compute r, wireless communication and the Internet) and learning theories into an i ntegrated schema. Secondly, the paper offers a direction concerning how and what to look for in education with the Internet integrated in. (C) 2001 El sevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.