Perhaps the biggest problem with advancing online education and people’s attitudes towards online education is a result of their prior knowledge. Please understand that online education of the past will be replaced with a form of hybrid learning that integrates the positives of the physical world and the virtual world. That’s why it is imperative that districts [...]

A comment by Patrick Larkin (@bhsprincipal) on the previous blog stimulated me into thinking about the role of Professional Learning Communities in the context of hybrid learning environments of the future. The truth is that PLC’s will alter in structure and function as we move towards this (or any) new type of educational medium. In [...]

Hybrid learning is going to be the instructional medium of the (very near) future. Students will be spending more time receiving content instruction in an online capacity and then working with a local teacher who will perform a facilitator role rather than imparting content knowledge onto students. This will open pathways for students to take [...]

There is a considerable amount of buzz going around about “virtual classes” and where they belong in the educational landscape. Much of this (I think) has to do with Clayton Christensen’s book, Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change The Way The World Learns as well as the economic deficits that districts are facing as state [...]

Much of the world of educational reform revolves around special interest groups or individuals claiming that their way is the “best” way to increase student achievement, close the achievement gap, and provide the educational setting that students deserve. All of these ideas are loosely-coupled and rarely speak to the crux of the issue simply because [...]