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It’s a sign of the times: high schools are starting to test the online waters with programs ranging from supplemental classes for AP students to entire high school diplomas offered online. Even universities are starting to get involved; brick-and-mortar schools such as Stanford and Indiana University sponsor online high schools. Students who use online high schools include homeschoolers, rural students, and gifted students in districts without access to rigorous AP classes. If you’re interested in an online high school—either for yourself or for your child—here are a few things you should know. Wired, but inspired? Educators differ about the role technology should play in early learning « Educational Technology. LOOK: Classroom Of The Future Will Make You Wish You Were A Student Again. Students want personalized learning, mobile technology. Students create their own 3D content. Who Takes Online Classes? Not Just College Students. Online learning is often associated with online degree programs: two-to-four-year programs at accredited colleges where students can earn an Associate’s, Bachelor’s or post-graduate degree.
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A-Z Blogging. My Organizational Behavior class yesterday morning covered the final chapter where the authors discussed both organizational change and stress.
The pace of global change is only increasing. Where human knowledge used to double in, say 50 years, in some fields it doubles in less than a year. For those of us who grew up without cell phones, downloadable music, 300+ television channels (most with nothing productive or of real value), computers or tablets, and instant communication, it is a far different world. That doesn't bother me, in part because I'm fairly adept (not competent, just adept) at technology and have learned to embrace and lead change as opposed to fighting it. Which doesn't mean we need to change without purpose or plans. So how did we go from "restore" as today's word to "change"? Atlantis Remixed. Copyright and Licencing Toolkitt.