Institute for Learning Technologies
Teachers College || Columbia University

Renewing the Progressive Contract with Posterity:
On the Social Construction of Digital Learning Communities

Robert McClintock
Author's Note || Acknowledgments

Introduction 1
Technological Empowerments 4
Processes of Social Construction 12
Towards A New Education 22
Extending the Enlightenment Vision 30
From Cultural Scarcity to Profusion 39
Towards a Digital Progrm of Study 46
Reunifying the Educational Professions 50
Reconstructing the Educational System 57
Digital Learning Communities 61
Conclusion 66