This year there was a noticeable increase in dialogue about online learning in many forms.... as projects, in flipped-classroom pedagogy, in fully developed online courses and in blended learning designs. Two years ago this was not the focus, but rather the explosion of web 2.0 learning tools that promote project-based learning, creative student work and critical thinking. They are still around and still excellent. It seems to be the teaching strategies and settings that have started to change now that these are all readily available. SO INTERESETING that these things became a catalyst for true educational changes.
Online learning is certainly here to stay, not a fad, and growing exponentially. That's why Haiku, Online School for Girls, K12 inc, and other companies are successfully developing solutions that work.
The keynote speaker did bring out the fact that many districts, private schools and parents are purchasing course content and outsourcing online learning to get it going. There are dangers to this! the individual school does not control the content, and parents can be paying for online courses from a school that are really a for-profit company's classes. K12 Inc is one such company.
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