Educators are already rethinking curriculum and pedagogy in light of the World Wide Web. Beyond the traditional three R's, students will be expected to excel in the three C's:

* communication,
* collaboration, and
* creative problem-solving

They have to locate and process real-world information, exhibit technological fluency, and, most importantly, to develop the aptitude and attitude of a lifelong learner.

Today's kids will most probably, at least go, through five different careers before retirement — the majority in fields that have yet to be imagined.

By 2016, Japanese scientists claim telephones will simultaneously translate one language into another. The possibilities to have an online Skype conversation with someone speaking Chinese or Japanese isn’t far away, we can get our communication flow online and live.

In 2025, a student with a pocket computer notebook will be able to choose from different types of educational experiences.

Some futurists think there will be no more research universities that provide on-campus instruction; they will have evolved into research institutes that provide only on-line lectures that registered students receive at home.

Teachers and professors will meet with students in an on-line discussion, similar to chat rooms offered by home computer services.

Some existing facilities of research universities will be sold to a new type of institution, the "university learning centre," which will be an entrepreneurial centre connected to a national network.