What did you learn this week that struck you as particularly important in learning about virtual schools? Has your thinking changed as a result of what you learned this week?
I learned this week that research is varied, methodologies may be questionable to compare to old models with new technology and that the road ahead for me is not as clear as I originally thought. I thought that lack of information would point the way for advances in new research, however, some of the old research and even the models are skewed. My work is grander than I thought! Isn't that always the way it is in research?
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Small focus on wide lens
What did you learn this week that struck you as particularly important in learning about virtual schools? Has your thinking changed as a result of what you learned this week?
The most important thing I learned this week reading some very pertinent studies about virtual courses is that while in a case study the focus is small making grand generalizations about online learning is a much wider lens that will only come from a culmination of many smaller studies and over a period of time. My thinking has not changed and I actually further believe that this area is prime right now for certain disciplines and very valuable in certain circumstances beyond what a f2f environment can provide.
The most important thing I learned this week reading some very pertinent studies about virtual courses is that while in a case study the focus is small making grand generalizations about online learning is a much wider lens that will only come from a culmination of many smaller studies and over a period of time. My thinking has not changed and I actually further believe that this area is prime right now for certain disciplines and very valuable in certain circumstances beyond what a f2f environment can provide.
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