IALA » Christensen http://learningalternatives.net The International Association for Learning Alternatives Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:21:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 Online Learning: Growth and Evaluation http://learningalternatives.net/weblog/post/445/ http://learningalternatives.net/weblog/post/445/#comments Fri, 11 Jul 2008 02:46:51 +0000 Wayne Jennings http://learningalternatives.net/?p=445 In a certain to be much talked about book, Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns by Clayton M. Christensen, Curtis W. Johnson, and Michael B. Horn describe how a majority of students will use online learning within a decade. They suggest we must disrupt, that is change, thinking about individualizing learning and schooling. This provocative book follows in the path of earlier “disruptive” and innovative thinking about society and business.

Virtually.jpgWe’ve addressed online learning as the fastest growing section for education change in past entries. You can access this topic by searching our previous entries.

The U.S. Dept. of Education produced Evaluating Online Learning: Challenges and Strategies for Success to address the challenge of meeting diverse needs of online learners and how to assess their learning. This 80 page guide (free online) delves into the technical aspects of data gathering and organizing information for arriving at both formative and summative conclusions about program effectiveness using real school examples.

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