Personal Learning Networks: Using the Power of Connections to Transform Education
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Personal Learning Networks: Using the Power of Connections to Transform Education
These three characteristics of online learning are what makes it so powerful: 1) there is immediate feedback; 2) the student owns the learning; and 3) the teacher does not play the central role. Being in control of one’s learning is key to the effectiveness for students.
Lance Izumi • Moonshots in Education: Launching Blended Learning in the Classroom
The current search for new educational funnels must be reversed into the search for their institutional inverse: educational webs which heighten the opportunity for each one to transform each moment of his living into one of learning, sharing, and caring.
Ivan Illich • Deschooling Society
Diverse places for learning exist in every community, and corner of the internet, but the connective tissue making that learning legible does not.
I’m a firm believer in the importance of making education, job training, and opportunities accessible to all. Yet I don't think we can rely on governments and institutions to provide them. Can you imagine having the best teachers in the world create compelling online courses that are free and accessible for all? They could do that with a business m... See more