The following is a link to a report that just aired on National Public Radio (segment one) regarding online learning. I am frequently asked, since beginning this postion, how it differs from brick and mortar institutions. There is very little in this brief clip with which I don’t agree.
The recent report from the Florida TaxWatch regarding Florida Virtual School comes down positively on this school’s performance using measures of economic efficiency weighed against traditional student outcomes. It is studies like this, however, that can lull us into a sense of complacency. Online delivery is emerging, but what is it that we are delivering? Is it relevant to producing innovative, global thinkers for the 21st Century? Links to the study can be found at EducationFutures, where I am blogging this week.
This video was produced by Dr. Michael Wesch’s class at Kansas State University. These are the students of the 21st Century who pose for us the challenge of revolutionizing education! As a classroom teacher and researcher, I am curious to hear your thoughts.
Click on the following link which is a transcript and the background into how Michael Wesch and his class created this video: