Traditional classrooms could learn a thing or two from online teaching. This according to a University of Illinois professor Caroline Haythornthwaite who says e-learning methods and techniques can be used to augment traditional classroom learning. While growing in popularity in university settings, families of elementary, middle and high schoolers may need to look a bit [...]

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I just watched an online instructional video and cannot imagine why I ever found exponents daunting.  Salman Khan, founder of nonprofit Khan Academy, delivers easy-to-follow, 10-minute clips that explain how to work through math concepts, so you can get on with your homework. Using a simple blackboard format, each video walks the viewer through example [...]

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The article How Do We Transform Our Schools? by Clayton M. Christensen and Michael B. Horn (pictured) is featured in the summer 2008 issue of Education Next, a scholarly journal published by Stanford University’s Hoover Institution. The authors claim that computer-based learning is on the cusp of transforming traditional public education and that about half [...]

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