Comments on: My affair with online learning http://www.virtuallyscholastic.com/2009/06/my-affair-with-online-learning/ education + technology = connection Mon, 16 Aug 2010 17:19:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Virtually Scholastic http://www.virtuallyscholastic.com/2009/06/my-affair-with-online-learning/comment-page-1/#comment-1356 Virtually Scholastic Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:06:31 +0000 http://www.virtuallyscholastic.com/?p=848#comment-1356 Hi Les, Nice to 'see' you outside of the FirstClass forums :) 'Any time any where' is touted a lot, you're right, but I think that it means very little to people unless they are either looking for a solution to 'any time' or 'any where' (or both). If students already get their fill in the classroom and aren't really that interested in doing extra work on the side or taking their learning in their own hands, the ability to access information (much less engage with it) from anywhere at any time isn't really that great of a value proposition. I think we're getting back to the discourse of technology being great when it serves a purpose, but just adding it on as a bell (or a whistle) won't get you very far. Cheers, Katherine Hi Les,

Nice to ‘see’ you outside of the FirstClass forums :)

‘Any time any where’ is touted a lot, you’re right, but I think that it means very little to people unless they are either looking for a solution to ‘any time’ or ‘any where’ (or both). If students already get their fill in the classroom and aren’t really that interested in doing extra work on the side or taking their learning in their own hands, the ability to access information (much less engage with it) from anywhere at any time isn’t really that great of a value proposition. I think we’re getting back to the discourse of technology being great when it serves a purpose, but just adding it on as a bell (or a whistle) won’t get you very far.

Cheers,
Katherine

]]> By: Les http://www.virtuallyscholastic.com/2009/06/my-affair-with-online-learning/comment-page-1/#comment-1346 Les Wed, 17 Jun 2009 05:15:06 +0000 http://www.virtuallyscholastic.com/?p=848#comment-1346 Gosh you really keep up your blog: I just do not have that sort of consistency. Learning is lifelong for some: I think academics always knew this, however the 'web' makes this a possibility for all. I wonder about those who are not engaged in lifelong learning...is this a new division in society that is creeping in? When we introduced one to one laptops at a school (one of my bigger projects) 'any time any where' was a phrase that was bandied about and this comes across strongly from your 'blurb'. Your on line learning is also 'constant, consistent and uncomplaining' what more could you look for in a relationship. Gosh you really keep up your blog: I just do not have that sort of consistency. Learning is lifelong for some: I think academics always knew this, however the ‘web’ makes this a possibility for all. I wonder about those who are not engaged in lifelong learning…is this a new division in society that is creeping in?

When we introduced one to one laptops at a school (one of my bigger projects) ‘any time any where’ was a phrase that was bandied about and this comes across strongly from your ‘blurb’. Your on line learning is also ‘constant, consistent and uncomplaining’ what more could you look for in a relationship.

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