The school was one of the first in Washington to move toward blended learning, in which students spend part of the day learning with teachers and the other part learning online. (Photo by Linda Davidson / The Washington Post)How much do we really know about the effectiveness of online education? What happens to the personal data that students are required to provide to online learning providers? The report, “Online Learning: What Every Parent Should Know,” says that “shifting terminology of online learning is confusing, making it difficult for researchers, practitioners, policy makers, and the general public to know what K-12 online learning really is.”The report explains the different ways online education is provided to students, and looks at the issue of student data privacy, which gets short shrift from policymakers eager to push online education. Does online and blended learning enhance student learning?

Source: Washington Post March 26, 2018 18:36 UTC