The No Child Left Behind law of 2002 required a new plan, stressing the need to even the technological advantages for all learners (U.S. Department of Education, 2004).
President Obama presented in 2010 the National Education Technology Plan “Transforming American Education: Learning Powered by Technology.” (U.S. Department of Education, 2010), which presented the following main goals:
• Raising the number of two- and four-year college graduates from 41% to 60% by the year 2020
• “Closing the achievement gap”, to ensure a better preparation for every student graduating from high school to succeed in a career or in college U.S. Department of Education, 2010).
In the year 2012, almost 96% of traditional universities were offering online courses, with a wide range of offered programs, which leads to no other conclusion that using VL actually changed and had a strong impact on education, because for the first time teachers were accepting and using technology inside their own classrooms on a large scale.
How is it tied to past practices in education?
Comparing VL to past reforms in education similarities to home schooling are noticeable. Both times, students are allowed to receive their education …show more content…
Here VL is a chance to break down these limitations. Idealistically the best teachers will be able to reach more students using technology (Lips, 2010). If or when VL will have its breakthrough in education, society will change. Students will learn how to rely entirely on themselves and will loose the valuable experience of helping and receiving help. How will a democracy survive when its children never learn to properly socially interact with others? This will strengthen the already gridlock eye-for-an-eye morality and bring about political
President Obama presented in 2010 the National Education Technology Plan “Transforming American Education: Learning Powered by Technology.” (U.S. Department of Education, 2010), which presented the following main goals:
• Raising the number of two- and four-year college graduates from 41% to 60% by the year 2020
• “Closing the achievement gap”, to ensure a better preparation for every student graduating from high school to succeed in a career or in college U.S. Department of Education, 2010).
In the year 2012, almost 96% of traditional universities were offering online courses, with a wide range of offered programs, which leads to no other conclusion that using VL actually changed and had a strong impact on education, because for the first time teachers were accepting and using technology inside their own classrooms on a large scale.
How is it tied to past practices in education?
Comparing VL to past reforms in education similarities to home schooling are noticeable. Both times, students are allowed to receive their education …show more content…
Here VL is a chance to break down these limitations. Idealistically the best teachers will be able to reach more students using technology (Lips, 2010). If or when VL will have its breakthrough in education, society will change. Students will learn how to rely entirely on themselves and will loose the valuable experience of helping and receiving help. How will a democracy survive when its children never learn to properly socially interact with others? This will strengthen the already gridlock eye-for-an-eye morality and bring about political