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Back to the Future

By Ann York

Following up on a theme discussed in a recent PowerProfs post on the evolution of educators from a stand and deliver classroom teachers to a supercharged E-mentors using a variety of online tools, I read this article in the NY Times with interest: “SINCE the 16th century, the ideal of education has been the tutorial... »

Educators of the Future

By Ann York

Inside Higher Ed ran an interview with Curtis J. Bonk, a professor of instructional systems technology at Indiana University, and author of the book The World Is Open: How Web Technology is Revolutionizing Education. After discussing the open education movement, and outlining some factors or “openers” that are facilitating this transition in education, Bonk... »