A comprehensive look at the promise and potential of online learning In Getting Smart, well-known global education expert Tom Vander Ark explores the facets of educational innovation in the United States and abroad. In our digital age, students have dramatically new learning needs and must be prepared for the idea economy of the future. The good news is that personal digital learning will make us smarter and addresses a range of issues that currently thwart our education system. Theres the incredible promise of powerful customization as well as improved access on many levelsincluding access to master teachers, to other students across the globe, and to special education services. And the technology thats made gaming so effective can be applied to learning so that students receive constant feedback to keep them motivated to learn at increasingly higher levels. Examines the innovation-driven world, discusses how to combine online and onsite learning, and reviews "smart tools" for learning. Investigates the lives of learning professionals, outlines the new employment bargain, examines online universities and smart schools. Makes the case for smart capital, advocates for policies that create better learning, studies smart cultures.
