More states are requiring students to take an online course before graduating from high school. Michigan, Alabama, New Mexico, and Idaho have or are proposing some form of e-course requirement, according to the International Association for K-12 Online Learning in Virginia.
I have a bad feeling about this. Not only are there serious equity concerns, which states claim to be addressing, but is there any better way to kill students' interest in digital learning and technology? Instead of computers being an escape from school, a place where kids can engage in social networking and perhaps explore sites and information outside the boundaries of common core standards, online learning will become a duty - right up there with turning in truly boring homework.
Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe students need to be pushed into online learning, in order to get comfortable with what is likely to be - more online learning in their future! What do you think?
No comments:
Post a Comment