Getting smart : how digital learning is changing the world /
Vander Ark, Tom, 1959-,
Getting smart : how digital learning is changing the world / [print] Tom Vander Ark ; foreword by Bob Wise. - first edition. - San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, (c)2011. - xxi, 213 pages ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographies and index.
How personal digital learning will make us smart -- American education: new students in an old system -- Customization: building the right playlist for each student -- Motivation: getting everyone in the learning game -- Equalization: connecting all students to excellence -- Integration: putting it all together to make schools smarter -- Innovation: policies that will make it happen -- Investment: paying for innovation -- Employment: changing our job descriptions -- Conclusion: getting smart -- Appendix: getting smart toolkit.
A comprehensive look at the ways technology and innovation impact learning. Learning is easier, faster and cheaper than ever before, and that is due in great part to recent advances in technology. In Getting Smart , well-known global education expert Tom Vander Ark explores the facets of educational innovation in the United States and abroad. He examines the innovation-driven world, goes over how to combine online and onsite learning, and reviews "smart tools" for learning. He investigates the lives of learning professionals, outlines the new employment bargain, looks at online universities and smart schools. He makes the case for smart capital, advocates for policies that create better learning, and studies smart cultures. The Getting Smart tools integrated throughout the book offer practical resources on a variety of topics, including how to incorporate online learning into your school and classroom.
9781118007235 9781118115855 9781118115862 9781118115879
2011024028
015794686 Uk
Computer-assisted instruction--United States.
Internet in education--United States.
Blended learning--United States.
LB1028.V228.G488 2011 LB1028
Getting smart : how digital learning is changing the world / [print] Tom Vander Ark ; foreword by Bob Wise. - first edition. - San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, (c)2011. - xxi, 213 pages ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographies and index.
How personal digital learning will make us smart -- American education: new students in an old system -- Customization: building the right playlist for each student -- Motivation: getting everyone in the learning game -- Equalization: connecting all students to excellence -- Integration: putting it all together to make schools smarter -- Innovation: policies that will make it happen -- Investment: paying for innovation -- Employment: changing our job descriptions -- Conclusion: getting smart -- Appendix: getting smart toolkit.
A comprehensive look at the ways technology and innovation impact learning. Learning is easier, faster and cheaper than ever before, and that is due in great part to recent advances in technology. In Getting Smart , well-known global education expert Tom Vander Ark explores the facets of educational innovation in the United States and abroad. He examines the innovation-driven world, goes over how to combine online and onsite learning, and reviews "smart tools" for learning. He investigates the lives of learning professionals, outlines the new employment bargain, looks at online universities and smart schools. He makes the case for smart capital, advocates for policies that create better learning, and studies smart cultures. The Getting Smart tools integrated throughout the book offer practical resources on a variety of topics, including how to incorporate online learning into your school and classroom.
9781118007235 9781118115855 9781118115862 9781118115879
2011024028
015794686 Uk
Computer-assisted instruction--United States.
Internet in education--United States.
Blended learning--United States.
LB1028.V228.G488 2011 LB1028