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How Technology Is Disrupting Learning

Paul Barter | Posted 04.21.2013 | Canada
Read More: Online Learning, Digital Media, Education, Blended Learning, Digital Education, Digital, Education Reform, Mars, Khan Academy, Technology, Coursera Online, Canada News
Paul Barter

Remember a company called Blockbuster? What about Sam the Record Man? Think of those companies and what became of them and their industries in the digital world. Now turn your thoughts to learning. Digital technologies are disrupting it in the same way that they disrupted Blockbuster.

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Home Schooling Isn't for Losers Anymore

Paul Barter | Posted 04.10.2012 | Canada
Read More: Education Online, Education, Bill Gates, Mitx, Tablo, Teachers Pay Teachers, Khan Academy, Bill Gates Foundation, Teachers Unions, Online Education, Teachers, Mit, Canada News
Paul Barter

Online education is making the same transformation that online dating made over the past few years: It's no longer relegated to the sideline, seen as a niche area for the desperate. Instead it's being recognized as an easier way to solve a big problem: finding the right skills.

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