Online Learning Update

August 10, 2012

Online learning environments ‘allow teachers to help students’

Filed under: Online Learning News — Ray Schroeder @ 12:05 am

by Virtual College (UK)

While e-learning technologies will never completely replace humans in school education, they should make the work of educators easier. This is according to Matthew Horn, co-founder of non-profit think tank Innosight Institution and executive director of its educational practice, who argued the job of teaching expects a “super-human” performance from educators. Innovations can therefore “automate or improve on certain tasks”, he remarked, stating this enables teachers to increase their focus on other activities. These include mentoring, deeper analysis of topics, answering complicated questions and encouraging conversation, the specialist stated.

http://www.virtual-college.co.uk/news/Virtual-learning-environments-allow-teachers-to-help-students-newsitems-801416944.aspx

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