blended learning | school districts
education week
by lisa duty, phd
"as learning resources proliferate in neighborhoods and cities around the world,communities will become the world's classrooms. learning geographies will diversify as some communities become learning deserts barren of learning resources, while others become oases teeming with dynamic learning ecosystems." - knowledgeworks' 2020 forecast
never before has the opportunity been greater to use existing resources differently to benefit student learning. shrinking school budgets and rising expectations are challenging schools and communities across the country to think and act differently and use their resources more efficiently and effectively to ensure all students reach higher standards.
as this new normal threatens students with fewer options and thinner support, schools and communities need to look around at the assets they have and think about how to restructure them to more fully take advantage of opportunities for learning.
can communities truly become the world's classrooms, and thus effectively tap into community resources in a way that integrates them into everyday classroom learning? we think that can happen by fusing the best practices of collective impact and blended learning - two approaches that at their core are about using existing resources differently.
