Comments on: The future of education is online http://sonoranalliance.com/2009/09/10/the-future-of-education-is-online/ Arizona Politics, News, Commentary and Information with a Blatantly Conservative Worldview Presented by an Alliance of Writers, Activists, Consultants and Government Insiders. Fri, 25 May 2012 16:46:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Acer Computer Repair http://sonoranalliance.com/2009/09/10/the-future-of-education-is-online/comment-page-1/#comment-214435 Acer Computer Repair Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:41:17 +0000 http://sonoranalliance.com/?p=4899#comment-214435 I can't get your site thow show up correctly in k-meleon and I thought you should know, cool website though! I can’t get your site thow show up correctly in k-meleon and I thought you should know, cool website though!

]]> By: todd http://sonoranalliance.com/2009/09/10/the-future-of-education-is-online/comment-page-1/#comment-204240 todd Thu, 10 Sep 2009 17:17:29 +0000 http://sonoranalliance.com/?p=4899#comment-204240 The article in Education Next is a bit of technological determinism which focuses on the 'successes' of certain technological developments and not any of the failures. The AI winter provides a perfect counterexample and one which should not be overlooked. The online learning study cited in the New York TImes is largely focused on adult learning in university or continuing education, so the title does not 'say it all' if one is attempting to apply this to k-12 learning (What is interesting is they note ASU as a leader in the online learning domain). From my experiences with online learning as a consumer of it, it seems to be well geared to certain situations and not apropos for many others. Finding out when it is appropriate by itself and when it can help in tandem with other type of learning scenarios is important. Portraying it as a replacement for standard k-12 education will need a bit more evidence, to say the least, than what is offered in any of the sources cited. The article in Education Next is a bit of technological determinism which focuses on the ‘successes’ of certain technological developments and not any of the failures. The AI winter provides a perfect counterexample and one which should not be overlooked.

The online learning study cited in the New York TImes is largely focused on adult learning in university or continuing education, so the title does not ‘say it all’ if one is attempting to apply this to k-12 learning (What is interesting is they note ASU as a leader in the online learning domain).

From my experiences with online learning as a consumer of it, it seems to be well geared to certain situations and not apropos for many others. Finding out when it is appropriate by itself and when it can help in tandem with other type of learning scenarios is important. Portraying it as a replacement for standard k-12 education will need a bit more evidence, to say the least, than what is offered in any of the sources cited.

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