By Karen Baker, PSFK
The emergence of online platforms is bringing a wave of disruptive innovations to traditional education. From 40,000 person classes that you can take from anywhere to Twitter-moderated discussion forums with trending hashtags, technology is fundamentally changing the way we learn today. From the age of five until very recently, going to school involved sitting at a desk in a classroom of your peers and watching an instructor write on a blackboard. It meant raising our hands to be called on, completing homework assignments and filling in bubbles on multiple-choice exams. Despite small advances over the years, most students are presented with a standardized experience that fails to deliver on the promise of success. Consider that in the US, K-12 math and science test scores continue to slide despite the fact that the country has one of the highest per capita spends on education for each student.
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