Stephen Downes

Knowledge, Learning, Community

This article really focuses only on three 'best practices' seemingly chosen at random. But they're worth reflecting on as illustrative of the current tension between in-person and online learning. Here they are (paraphrased):

  • the increased role of families in managing and overseeing a student's education
  • flexible and accessible anytime, anywhere access to materials
  • the quality and strength of the relationships between teachers and their students

Let's agree that these are all essential. They are at one time 'best practices' (in a sense) but also the locus of criticisms of both offline and online learning. A student may lack family support, lack access to materials, and have a dysfunctional relationship with the teacher. When this happens online, the problems are there for everyone to see, but when they happen in traditional face-to-face education, nobody sees them, and the student simply suffers.

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