This is the dawn of an education revolution: the internet continues to disrupt entire industries, and vastly improved technology and increased student drop out rates have now set the stage for massive disruption to the way people teach and learn.
Over 90% of educators surveyed by Knewton recently said that they believed online tools improve education for their students, and the landscape is changing fast – from a one-size-fits-all model with unprepared students, to technology-enabled solutions customised for each student.
Blended learning courses, which contain both classroom and online components, are growing rapidy – people using blended learning solutions are expected to account for nearly 50% of the market by 2014, and fully 98% of the market by 2020.
via: ReadWriteWeb
(Source: knewton.com)
remote education is becoming more and more daily life for many Australians – we better not totally lost the human touch..