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Value of taking learning online

9 October 2013 by Graham Stewart 1 Comment

virtual_classroom_04Important takeaways from the recent TIME article by MIT President, Rafael Reif, are that some teaching is actually better online, and that e-learning in a blended environment allows lecturers more time for classroom engagement with their students. Reif quotes findings that show that online exercises enable students to retain introductory material through practice, feedback and reinforcement. By shifting the content component of their courses online, lecturers are released to explore innovative teaching during face-to-face sessions with students.

http://nation.time.com/2013/09/26/online-learning-will-make-college-cheaper-it-will-also-make-it-better/

Filed Under: Flipped Lecture Room, Innovative Pedagogy

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  1. *gita says

    10 October 2013 at 09:17

    I’ve included a link to a podcast by George Siemens on the value of the blended environment in the MOOC and anti-MOOC rumpus:

    http://www.educause.edu/sites/default/files/moocs-siemens.mp3

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