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Former governors fight for digital learning
Jeb Bush, Bob Wise create Digital Learning Council to encourage the use of education technology
The newly formed Digital Learning Council says it will create policies around digital learning. Copyright: Shareski
Part of providing a 21st-century education means incorporating digital resources into the classroom, but not every school has the knowledge or necessary to implement education technology successfully. To help remedy this situation, former Republican Gov. Jeb Bush of Florida and former Democratic Gov. Bob Wise of West Virginia have put their party differences aside to head a new Digital Learning Council that will create implementation guidelines for states and schools.
According to Bush and Wise, technological innovations have already changed the way the nation works, shops, and entertains itself. The Digital Learning Council aims to help transform education by moving digital learning to the forefront of education and away from the niche role it plays today.
“Today, more than two million students take courses online and 1.5 million home education students take online courses, but that barely scratches the surface of what is possible through technology,” said a statement from the nonprofit Alliance for Excellent Education (AEE), of which Wise is president.
“The members of the Digital Learning Council share a sense of extreme urgency about the need to bring digital learning to every school, every classroom, and every child,” said Wise, co-chair of the new organization, in a statement. “We must not squander the opportunity to promote digital innovation to reform our nation’s schools and ensure that all students are prepared to confront the challenges in our economy and society with the tools and skills that digital technology offers.”
The council, which has more than 50 members who are leaders in education, government, technology, think tanks, business, and philanthropy, will address all facets of digital learning, including:
- Online and virtual schools
- Personalized learning
- Blended learning
- Digital content
- Online and mobile social networks
- Classroom technology
- Ensuring equity, security, and privacy
- Promoting parental choice
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drdouggreen
August 23, 2010 at 1:13 pm
Online learning is key to moving forward. It can help students of any age to internalize key knowledge requirements of any discipline from early elementary on up. Online learning, however, may not be able to met a person’s need to engage in meaningful learning that will tap their interests and passions. For that, a real live teacher may be hard to replace. The online piece can also take care of assessing basic knowledge and letting the student know what they still need to learn.
drdouggreen
August 23, 2010 at 1:13 pm
Online learning is key to moving forward. It can help students of any age to internalize key knowledge requirements of any discipline from early elementary on up. Online learning, however, may not be able to met a person’s need to engage in meaningful learning that will tap their interests and passions. For that, a real live teacher may be hard to replace. The online piece can also take care of assessing basic knowledge and letting the student know what they still need to learn.
Transistor
August 23, 2010 at 1:28 pm
Bush ’12
Transistor
August 23, 2010 at 1:28 pm
Bush ’12