Book Predicts Jump in High School Courses Online

Book Predicts Jump in High School Courses Online
Authors of ''Disrupting Class'' say computer-based learning makes it easier to individualize lessons. First of two parts. Transcript of radio broadcast
18 June 2008

This is the VOA Special English Education Report.

Computers have been used in teaching for more than twenty years. But a new book says that only now are they changing education. And it predicts that a lot more is about to happen.


The book is called "Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns."
"Disruptive innovation" is a theory developed by lead author Clayton Christensen, a professor at the Harvard Business School. He says organizations almost always use new, creative technology only to continue what they already do.

New technology should change organizations, he says, disrupt them in a good way. They should use the technology to do things differently -- for example, to serve more needs.

The new book says the needed disruptive force in education is computer-based learning.

Michael Horn, another author of "Disrupting Class," told us about a Boston public school that he visited. Every student at Lilla G. Frederick Middle School in Dorchester, Massachusetts, has a laptop computer.

One class was learning about storms. Michael Horn says the laptops made it possible to truly individualize the lessons, to divide materials by ability level and learning style. At the end, the students all took part in a discussion led by the teacher.

Computer-based learning offers a way for students to take advanced courses not offered at their school, or to retake classes they failed. It also serves those who cannot physically attend school, and students who receive home schooling or need tutoring.

Computer-based learning includes online courses. Enrollments in online courses have grown sharply. In two thousand seven, the United States had about one million enrollments, not including college courses. Students could be enrolled in more than one course, through schools or education companies.

High school students make up about seventy percent of the enrollments. Still, nationally, only about one percent of all high school courses last year were taught online.

But the authors of "Disrupting Class" predict it will be ten percent in about six years. And their research suggests that the number will be about fifty percent by twenty nineteen. And Michael Horn says the future of online learning could be even greater in developing countries.

We’ll talk more about online learning next week.

And that's the VOA Special English Education Report, written by Nancy Steinbach. Our reports are online with transcripts and MP3s at voaspecialenglish.com. I'm Steve Ember.

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本书预测，跳转，在高中课程在线
作者''扰乱级''说，以计算机为基础的学习变得更轻松，以个体的经验教训。首先由两部分组成。全文电台广播
2008年6月18日

这是美国之音特别英语教育的报告。

电脑已被用于教学以上二十年。但一本新书说，只有现在，他们不断变化的教育。它预测，有很多更重要的是即将发生。


这本书是所谓的“扰乱班级：如何将破坏性的创新方式的转变，世界上学习” 。
“破坏性创新”是一个理论发展的主要作者，克莱顿克里斯坦森，一位教授在哈佛商学院。他说，组织几乎总是用一种新的，创造性的技术，不仅要继续什么，他们已经这样做。

新技术应该改变组织，他说，破坏他们在一个很好的方法。他们应使用的技术做一些事有不同的-例如，为了服务更多的需求。

新著说，所需要的破坏性的力量，教育是基于计算机的学习。

迈克尔角，另一作者“扰乱阶级， ”告诉我们，一个波士顿公立学校，他访问了。每个学生在里拉g.冯检中学在多彻斯特，马萨诸塞州，有一个笔记本电脑。

一类是学习风暴。迈克尔霍恩说，笔记本电脑使人们有可能真正的个体化的经验教训，隔膜材料的能力水平和学习作风。在去年底，所有的学生参加了在讨论由教师。

以计算机为基础的学习提供了一个方法，为学生采取先进的课程，不提供在他们的学校，或夺回班，他们失败了。它也提供这些谁不能上学的身体，和学生谁接受在家教育或需要辅导。

以计算机为基础的学习，包括网上课程。在招生网上课程有大幅增长。在2000 7 ，美国大约有一百万招生，但不包括大学课程。学生可报名参加一个以上的课程，透过学校或教育公司。

高中学生弥补约70 ％的招生。还有，国家中，只有约1 ％的所有高中课程，去年被教导线上。

但作者“扰乱阶层”的预测，这将是10 ％ ，约六年。和他们的研究表明，人数将约为50 ％ ，由2019年。和迈克尔霍恩说，未来的线上学习，可更是在发展中国家。

我们将讨论更多关于网上学习下星期。

这是该美国之音特别英语教育的报告，写的南希斯坦巴克。我们的报告在线与誊本和MP3音乐在voaspecialenglish.com 。我史蒂夫ember 。