The Education Justice League Would Move Learning Online
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In an article entitled “Waiting for ‘Superman’, Spiderman, Batman and the Whole Education Justice League,” Sajan George outlines one of the major problems for one-size-fits-all public education: How exactly do we replicate the results of a few excellent teachers all over the nation?
The real question is how do we create a scalable superhero-making machine? The simple answer is we can’t.
George, who designs hybrid online learning schools, argues that virtual education is one potential solution to the problem of “scaling up” excellent education to fit the needs of each student. Online learning is customizable to the needs, interests, and capabilities of individual students. Virtual education allows teachers to customize learning for each of their students and empowers parents with more educational options for their children. It’s a phenomenon that Harvard scholar Clayton Christensen has deemed “mass customization.” In his book Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns, Christensen writes: (more…)