Stephen Downes

Knowledge, Learning, Community

Conventional wisdom is that if you're offering a class, you can offer it online, or in person, but not both - at least, not without a lot of technical and class management support. But conventional wisdom is not being followed right now in schools. "Ultimately, the persistence of the hybrid model is a consequence of funding decisions made at the provincial level, says Bonnie Stewart... boards can afford to do it because they're getting teachers to do two jobs at once. 'When you refuse to fund virtual, but you mandate school boards to offer virtual, you are basically setting up a situation where you're asking them to do what they can do on the cheap.'"

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