Full Description
A comprehensive look at the promise and potential of online learning In our digital age, students have dramatically new learning needs and must be prepared for the idea economy of the future. In Getting Smart, well-known global education expert Tom Vander Ark examines the facets of educational innovation in the United States and abroad. Vander Ark makes a convincing case for a blend of online and onsite learning, shares inspiring stories of schools and programs that effectively offer "personal digital learning" opportunities, and discusses what we need to do to remake our schools into "smart schools."
Examines the innovation-driven world, discusses how to combine online and onsite learning, and reviews "smart tools" for learning
Investigates the lives of learning professionals, outlines the new employment bargain, examines online universities and "smart schools"
Makes the case for smart capital, advocates for policies that create better learning, studies smart cultures
Contents
Foreword by Governor Bob Wise vii
Preface: Why This Book Now? xi
Acknowledgments xix
About the Author xxi
1 How Personal Digital Learning Will Make Us Smart 1
2 American Education: New Students in an Old System 19
3 Customization: Building the Right Playlist for Each Student 31
4 Motivation: Getting Everyone in the Learning Game 47
5 Equalization: Connecting All Students to Excellence 63
6 Integration: Putting It All Together to Make Schools Smarter 79
7 Innovation: Policies That Will Make It Happen 101
8 Investment: Paying for Innovation 119
9 Employment: Changing Our Job Descriptions 143
Conclusion: Getting Smart 157
Appendix: Getting Smart Toolkit 161
Questions and Answers 185
Notes 191
Index 199
