Hello everyone and welcome to today's chat about the lessons that K - 12 educators can
learn about online learning from higher education.
Amidst the cool technology demonstrations, shiny gadgets, and
debates about online learning, it's essential not to overlook the country's most expensive — and perhaps most ambitious — initiative to use digital technology.
As the associate dean for online education, Dana Grossman Leeman, at the historic women's college is quoted in the Inside Higher Ed
piece about online learning: «I'm tired of folks saying this is way of the future.
These comments, which Jeff Seaman (my colleague at the Sloan Consortium) and I incorporated into our report, provided a lot of insights into what our respondents were
thinking about online learning.
apparently there are many different understandings of what online learning actually means.It's not all just self - learning materialWhen
asked about online learning the first thing that comes to people's minds is self - learning material.
While K - 12 online learning gains traction around the world (visit our Schools That Work
package about online learning), many teachers are also exploring blended learning — a combination of both online and face - to - face education.
«We're getting legislation
[about online learning] pushed in quickly and rolled out really rapidly, and we really still don't have sufficient evidence,» Miron said.
eLearn Magazine is one of the leading sources of
information about online learning and training, with articles, tutorials, best practices, case studies, book reviews, and more — a wide range of information and ideas for anyone interested in technology and learning.
Summary: This article looks at several
myths about online learning and provides a counterpoint to the feeling of many academics that online learning experiences are inferior to face - to - face instruction.
In my work with the Government of Ecuador's National Education University (helping to conceptualize and design its online and blended programs), I have had numerous conversations with various representatives from universities, governments, and online learning programs — in Europe and North and South America —
about online learning.