Advertisements Having just returned from iNACOL’s Blended and Online Learning Symposium, I am confused by the term “Blended Learning.” Not confused in my understanding, but
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Online Learning Reading List
Advertisements Bush, J. & Wise, B. (2010). Digital learning now. Tallahassee, FL: Foundation for Excellence in Education. Cavanaugh, C. (2009). Getting students more learning time
Read moreTech Forum Note — 05/03/13
Advertisements At last Friday’s Techforum Chicago, I listed intently during presentations about innovations in schools. One of the themes of the conversations was about creating
Read moreVirtual School’s Symposium 2012 Summary
Advertisements The student panel at the Virtual Schools Symposium 2012 Over 2,000 conferees assembled in New Orleans, Louisiana for iNACOL’s edition of its Virtual Schools Symposium
Read moreSuccessful Online Courses
Advertisements Image Credit The SLATE Conference is October 11-12, 2012 at the Northern Illinois University campus in Naperville, Illinois. The conference brings together conferees who
Read moreStarting an Online Program: To Blend or Not to Blend
Advertisements Image Credit Blended Learning: First, in all of the blended programs, the students learn in a supervised brick-and-mortar location away from home at least
Read moreInnovation and Democracy
Advertisements Image Credit Is innovation a democratic process? Innovate: to introduce something new; make changes in anything established. (reference) In Disrupting Class, author Clayton Christen informs school boards that introducing digital learning
Read moreStudent-Teacher Interaction Essential in Online Courses
Advertisements (Click the image to see it larger.) Student-teacher interaction is essential in online courses. Online courses require rich content that includes many modalities for
Read moreWith Technology in Schools Nothing Has Changed
Advertisements Image Credit With technology in schools nothing has changed. Several years ago, I performed some original research about technology in schools (reference). While this
Read moreTechnology Enhancement: Fundamentally Flawed
Advertisements Image Credit The use of the term “technology enhancement” is fundamentally flawed. First definitions from dictionary.com: 1.to raise to a higher degree; intensify; magnify; 2.to raise the value or price of. In schools this
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