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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781892903321

Autore

Vander Ark Tom <1959->

Titolo

Getting smart [[electronic resource] ] : how digital learning is changing the world / / Tom Vander Ark ; foreword by Bob Wise

Pubbl/distr/stampa

San Francisco, CA, : Jossey-Bass, c2012

ISBN

1-118-11587-2

1-283-27378-0

9786613273789

1-118-11585-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Classificazione

EDU029000

Disciplina

371.33/40973

Soggetti

Blended learning - United States

Computer-assisted instruction - United States

Internet in education - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Getting Smart: How Digital Learning Is Changing The World; Contents; Foreword by Governor Bob Wise; Preface: Why This Book Now?; Acknowledgments; About the Author; 1: How Personal Digital Learning Will Make Us Smart; 2: American Education: New Students in an Old System; 3: Customization: Building the Right Playlist for Each Student; 4: Motivation: Getting Everyone in the Learning Game; 5: Equalization: Connecting All Students to Excellence; 6: Integration: Putting It All Together to Make Schools Smarter; 7: Innovation: Policies That Will Make It Happen; 8: Investment: Paying for Innovation

9: Employment: Changing Our Job DescriptionsConclusion: Getting Smart; Appendix: Getting Smart Toolkit; Questions and Answers; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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 sch