Getting Smart

How Digital Learning is Changing the World

Inbunden, Engelska, 2011

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A comprehensive look at the promise and potential of online learning In our digital age, students have dramatically new learning needs and must be prepared for the idea economy of the future. In Getting Smart, well-known global education expert Tom Vander Ark examines the facets of educational innovation in the United States and abroad. Vander Ark makes a convincing case for a blend of online and onsite learning, shares inspiring stories of schools and programs that effectively offer "personal digital learning" opportunities, and discusses what we need to do to remake our schools into "smart schools." Examines the innovation-driven world, discusses how to combine online and onsite learning, and reviews "smart tools" for learningInvestigates the lives of learning professionals, outlines the new employment bargain, examines online universities and "smart schools"Makes the case for smart capital, advocates for policies that create better learning, studies smart cultures

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2011-11-18
Mått160 x 236 x 23 mm
Vikt435 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor256
FörlagJohn Wiley & Sons Inc
MedarbetareWise,Bob
ISBN9781118007235

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THE AUTHOR TOM VANDER ARK is CEO of Open Education Solutions, a partner in Learn Capital, and blogs daily at www.GettingSmart. com. Previously he served as president of the X PRIZE Foundation and was the executive director of education for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Tom was the first business executive to serve as a public school superintendent. Tom is also chair of the International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL).

Foreword by Governor Bob Wise viiPreface: Why This Book Now? xiAcknowledgments xixAbout the Author xxi1 How Personal Digital Learning Will Make Us Smart 12 American Education: New Students in an Old System 193 Customization: Building the Right Playlist for Each Student 314 Motivation: Getting Everyone in the Learning Game 475 Equalization: Connecting All Students to Excellence 636 Integration: Putting It All Together to Make Schools Smarter 797 Innovation: Policies That Will Make It Happen 1018 Investment: Paying for Innovation 1199 Employment: Changing Our Job Descriptions 143Conclusion: Getting Smart 157Appendix: Getting Smart Toolkit 161Questions and Answers 185Notes 191Index 199