http://dadz.com/education-2-0-coming-fast The best of the Web for dads Fri, 15 Jan 2010 13:33:47 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://dadz.com/education-2-0-coming-fast/comment-page-1#comment-224 Dad Sun, 06 Sep 2009 21:39:30 +0000 http://www.dadz.com/?p=750#comment-224 Thanks for the thoughtful comments Keith. Yes, it is on net... a very good thing. Thanks for the thoughtful comments Keith. Yes, it is on net… a very good thing.

]]> http://dadz.com/education-2-0-coming-fast/comment-page-1#comment-223 Keith Wilcox Sun, 06 Sep 2009 17:32:34 +0000 http://www.dadz.com/?p=750#comment-223 My dad attended one of the last one room schoolhouses in New york back in the 40's. I went to a private boarding school in Massachusetts (Cushing Academy) that was recently featured in the Boston Globe for ditching their entire paper library in favor of a collection of Kindles and computers. The argument for online learning is compelling. It might be just a further evolutionary step in education. I think it's a pretty good idea, but I'm not an expert. My initial feeling is that technology might make education more affordable for larger groups of people and thus make our middle class stronger. Where basic education was once reserved for the rich, and later for masses, it is possible that we're seeing the same evolutionary step for higher education. I think it's a great thing. Thanks for the insight and the perspective! You've raised an interesting question. My dad attended one of the last one room schoolhouses in New york back in the 40’s. I went to a private boarding school in Massachusetts (Cushing Academy) that was recently featured in the Boston Globe for ditching their entire paper library in favor of a collection of Kindles and computers. The argument for online learning is compelling. It might be just a further evolutionary step in education. I think it’s a pretty good idea, but I’m not an expert. My initial feeling is that technology might make education more affordable for larger groups of people and thus make our middle class stronger. Where basic education was once reserved for the rich, and later for masses, it is possible that we’re seeing the same evolutionary step for higher education. I think it’s a great thing. Thanks for the insight and the perspective! You’ve raised an interesting question.

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