Introduction

This chapter forms the introduction to the book, “Educational Visions”, and as such introduces the aims of the book; to review conducted by the Computers and Learning Research group (CALRG) over the past forty years; to consider the lessons learnt; the implications and applications and to discuss current developments and future work. The chapter presents the four principles or visions which inform the work of the CALRG and are reflected in this book. It also introduces a further framework used in the book to analyse the factors that make Educational Innovations successful, the Beyond Prototypes model. This opening chapter sets the scene with a discussion of the CALRG, the open university and finally looks ahead to the rest of the book