According to the report, teachers agree that "simple access to networked technologies has not made their students better learners." On the other hand, being networked changes the way students learn - the "drill and kill" method, for example, does not work with networked students. And there are ways networked learning can improve learning - through access to learning resources, communicating with others outside the classroom, collaborative learning, and working with individualized learning styles.
Massive open online courses, or MOOCs, are getting attention on various blogs and news sites. I'll try and synthesize the conversation over the last few weeks and describe the role of MOOCs in education.