computers cannot replace teachers. But the computer, she recognizes, can do some things a teacher cannot. It can offer personal feedback to a whole room of students as they work. And it can give the teacher additional class time to do more creative and customized teaching.
“Combining Khan with that kind of teaching will produce the best kind of math,” she argued. “Teachers are more effective because they have a window into the student’s mind.”
Keeping Pace with K-12 Online Learning - 0 views
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K-12 online and blended learning have evolved in new directions in the past year. While nowfamiliar segments of the field, such as online charter schools and state virtual schools, have continued to grow, relatively new forms such as consortium programs and single-district programs are expanding even more rapidly, as is the range of private providers competing to work with districts. As of late 2011, online and blended learning opportunities exist for at least some students in all 50 states plus the District of Columbia, but no state has a full suite of full-time and supplemental options for students at all grade level. See page 164 for WI.
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This is an annual report on policy and practice across the nation...state by state. Empahsis on quality of online and blended learning this year. You'll find this to be very informative and factual. Note the "Planning for Quality" section pages 50-62...well done.
Some top colleges offer free online classes; what does that mean for UW? - 0 views
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announcing a similar initiative in April called Coursera.
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but students who complete the classes don't earn university credit toward a degree. Instead they receive a certificate of completion, sometimes referred to as a badge.
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