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Kathryn E. Kelly, DrPH, founder and CLO of the eLearning Café in Incline
Village writes, "The future of education is … right here in Incline Village. It's called blended
learning, and the concept is so new its definition is only a year
old:"
“Blended learning is any time a student learns at least in part at a supervised brick-and-mortar location away from home and at least in part through online delivery with some element of student control over time, place, path, and/or pace.” — Innosight Institute, May 2011.
“Blended learning is any time a student learns at least in part at a supervised brick-and-mortar location away from home and at least in part through online delivery with some element of student control over time, place, path, and/or pace.” — Innosight Institute, May 2011.
Far more than simply
“online” or computer-based instruction (commonly known as CBI), blended learning
uses technology to deliver content individualized to that student's needs and
abilities, leaving the face-to-face teacher to do what they do best — teach, one
on one or in small groups, to reinforce the content that has been delivered in a
manner best suited to that student's learning abilities.
In a small community such as Incline, blended learning means students have access to unusual courses such as electrical engineering, genetics, oceanography, critical writing, Mandarin, or many other courses that may not be available in traditional school or indeed anywhere in the state. Incline students grades 6-12 this year have taken forensics, AP Statistics, archaeology, mechanical engineering, personal finance, and a host of other courses for high school credit at the eLearning Café that they would not have been able to take otherwise, using online texts that are updated as quickly as new discoveries are made.
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Related link
eLearning Café (PDF)
Source: North Lake Tahoe Bonanza
