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The Brave New Breakthrough of Online Learning | Edutopia
As articulated in this Edutopia article by David Markus: “guiding students through collaborative projects requires considerable focus on innovative solutions.” Unfortunately, in my industry, at least locally, technology is still not viewed as an essential component in the classroom. In addition, as David Markus describes “…meaningful collaboration between teachers is still an unmet goal for most online educators."
If you have a chance to read this article (this is my second time reading and my third blogging about it), you will have a chance to see Holly Mortimer in action Idaho teacher Holly Mortimer(2), and you will be able to decide for yourself if this enhanced learning teaching/experience is something you would consider for yourself.
There are a number of skillls required on the part of both educator and student for one to succeed at online teaching and learning (focus, motivation, determination, etc.). I would like to hear what your thoughts are both as a student in this class and as an educator in your classroom.
Hi Rita. This is a timely article. Budget cuts result in fewer brick and mortar options. Schools of Choice means if a district does not offer online classes, it will lose students to those that do. It is a good way for students to catch up on credits, too.
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ReplyDeleteHi Gib, thanks for the insight into this topic.
I guess another way to keep students in the system is adopting the hybrid option -- half of the time face-to-face time and the other half online. In doing so, the morning crowd can do online work in the afternoon and vice-versa -- two groups of learners for each class/teacher -- thus reducing costs and incresing student population.
If the Flipping method is implemented, the learners would need face-to-face time simply to apply what "they have already learned" online at home. Does this make sense?
This is certainly a redefinition of teaching/learning, isn't it?