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21 Aug 09

Study Finds That Online Education Beats the Classroom - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com

  • People are correct when they say online education will take things out the classroom. But they are wrong, I think, when they assume it will make learning an independent, personal activity. Learning has to occur in a community.”
    • This is a key point in making those who feel that there are huge flaws in online learning. While there is definite potential for the "correspondence course" model they mention above to still be present, there are myriad ways in which online learning can be extremely communal. What I love about it is that it automatically eliminates pacing concerns in that students can move through material at a rate that is more to their style. - on 2009-08-21
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05 May 09

Flu closures: Park City teachers create virtual lessons - Salt Lake Tribune

  • "swinecation,"
    • Hysterical. - on 2009-05-05
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  • Park City High School teacher Paula Baltzan is holding daily reviews for the AP world history test over Skype, a free Internet calling service. She held her first 90-minute review on Friday and her second on Monday for a handful of students. The students read review notes posted on Baltzan's school Web page and then

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    discussed and asked questions over Skype. Baltzan said she can hold reviews for up to 23 students at once using the service.
    • This very well could be another tipping point for tools like this to make their way into the mainstream of education. For anything to become part of a learning culture, it has to be easy to use, and the ROI has to be high. Skype for review sessions when the other option is no review for AP exams is a very high ROI.

      Notice that the focus of the article is on higher achieving students. Would this hold true for students who are in regular or college prep classes?       - on 2009-05-05
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