U.S. schools, K-12 through higher education, are in the midst of another reform wave. From states mandating online courses as a requirement for high school graduation to university-driven Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), hyperbole-filled Kool-Aid mixed with stark fear fuel reform rhetoric about the impending “revolution” in teaching and learning. I offer my monthly feature* of how some cartoonists poke and tear at the rhetoric and realities of online courses. Enjoy!
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*For those who would like to see earlier posts of this monthly feature, see: “Digital Kids in School,” “Testing,” “Blaming Is So American,” “Accountability in Action,” “Charter Schools,” and “Age-graded Schools,” Students and Teachers, Parent-Teacher Conferences, Digital Teachers, Addiction to Electronic Devices, Testing, Testing, and Testing, Business and Schools, Common Core Standards, Problems and Dilemmas, and Digital Natives (2).
Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice 
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Nice. I’ll be posting an Asimov story later this week. It’s interesting to reflect on ways Asimov’s predictions were correct and ways the predictions were incorrect :). I don’t think he considered adult education.
The Asimov story should shake loose some comments, Janet. Thanks for reminding me of his prediction for schooling in the 22nd century.
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