What is the future of digital education? More and more, we are all learning this way. While it can’t completely replace to value of a great classroom experience, it can make an average experience great. Disruption is occurring and will continue to pick up pace.

Now this is radical thinking and it clearly has some big advantages and big disadvantages. My guess is that more and more of our world, including education, will move to be “virtual”, including the social aspects.

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In a radical rethinking of what it means to go to school, states and districts nationwide are launching online public schools that let students from kindergarten to 12th grade take some—or all—of their classes from their bedrooms, living rooms and kitchens. Other states and districts are bringing students into brick-and-mortar schools for instruction that is largely computer-based and self-directed.

Very balanced article from the WSJ. Online Education: My Teacher Is an App – WSJ.com