{"id":21970,"date":"2011-08-10T10:27:22","date_gmt":"2011-08-10T14:27:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=21970"},"modified":"2011-08-11T11:34:48","modified_gmt":"2011-08-11T15:34:48","slug":"closing-the-loop-in-education-technology-nagel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2011\/08\/10\/closing-the-loop-in-education-technology-nagel\/","title":{"rendered":"Closing the loop in education technology [Nagel]"},"content":{"rendered":"

Closing the loop in education technology<\/strong><\/a> — from The Journal by David Nagel<\/p>\n

Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n

K-12 education isn’t using technology effectively and isn’t investing nearly enough in IT infrastructure to enable next-generation learning. That’s the conclusion of a new report, “Unleashing the Potential of Technology in Education,” which called for a greater financial commitment to education technology and the adoption of a holistic, “closed loop” approach to its implementation.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0From DSC:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

We may continue to be disappointed in our overall results — even if we do bump up our ed tech infrastructure\/investments — if<\/em> we continue to use the same models\/ways of doing things. That is, I wish we would move more towards a team-based approach and stop trying to load up our teachers’ and professors’ plates with tasks that they probably don’t have the time, interest, or training to do.\u00a0 Graphically speaking:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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So…use teams to create and deliver the content — and allow for online tutoring from a team of specialists<\/em> in each discipline. Like the healthcare-related billboard I kept driving by the other day said: “A team of specialists at every step.<\/em>” <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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