Laurence Scheindlin's Blog Posts Tagged 'online' (1)

A piece on the OpEd page of today's LA Times offered a somewhat jaundiced view of online learning.  While acknowledging its potential, especially for students who might have little or limited access to learning, the author points out that, at least as often constituted today, online learning may offer an insubstantial environment compared to a live classroom.  I actually think that he missed the most important point: part of the job of a teacher is to work with the student to tease out his…