Educational Technology

August 5, 2013

NEA Policy Statement Advocates Blended Digital Learning

Filed under: Educational Technology — admin @ 12:30 am

by Education News

The National Education Association (NEA) has issued a policy statement on digital learning that calls for equity of access to technology for every student and highlights professional development of teachers as an important goal for 21st century teachers. The NEA said that traditional school models are not capable of meeting the needs of the 21st century student. All students, from pre-K to graduate, need to develop advanced critical thinking and information literacy skills and master new digital tools, stated the NEA. According to the union, optimal learning environments should neither be totally technology free, nor should they be totally online and devoid of educator and peer interaction. An environment that maximizes student learning will use a “blended” and/or “hybrid” model situated somewhere along a continuum between these two extremes.

http://www.educationnews.org/technology/nea-policy-statement-advocates-blended-digital-learning/

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