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The Results Are in for Remote Learning: It Didn’t Work

16 points by mmhsieh 6y ago

rkhassen9 6y ago
Anyone have a non paywall link?
LeozMaxwell 6y ago
>> Anyone have a non paywall link? http://archive.is/5tkq3 http://archive.is/5tkq3
- rkhassen9 6y ago
  Thank you LoezMaxwell. You are a prince.
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Gunax 6y ago
That's unfortunate. I was/am always a big defender of online education, but I think the critics are right: most students just don't do as well.
brendanhawks 6y ago
Judging distance / #remotelearning during #COVID19 #pandemic is like asking a NASCAR driver switch to a bicycle in the middle of the Daytona500. To further complicate things, the driver doesn't even know how to ride a bike and the bike he is given is missing the front wheel. That scenario sounds ridiculous but that is exactly what educators, parents, and students had to deal with. No one had any warning and everyone was forced in an unwinnable situation. They did not have any training, resources or guidance. There was no planning or strategy in place. The teachers did their best but only had access to materials explicitly NOT designed for a remote environment. Students woke up one day and were suddenly asked to sit at home with mom/dad while learning from a screen. That isn't a realistic ask if seeing their friends everyday was something some of them did for the past 14 years. Finally, nobody even knew what the actual goal for the past 3 months of learning have been. While it was nobody's fault and all the educators, parents, and students did their very best, saying that remote learning didn't work implies that the medium was at fault. In my NASCAR example it is like saying we should never race in bicycles anymore. The definition of success must reflect the insurmountable odds of the situation. I actually think that if even an ounce of #learning happened during the crisis, it means that remote learning indeed IS VIABLE under normal circumstances. #teachers #distancelearning #coronavirus #schools #educators
brendanhawks 6y ago
Facebook.com/innercitymanifesto
haspoken 6y ago
With no planning, equipment or preparation, places jumped into trying to something new and drastically different and it failed. No surprise that it didn't work. But that doesn't mean it can't work. It just seems a bit much to leave out the part about being completely unprepared to administer remote learning in the title. Perhaps a better title might be along the lines of "Due to complete incompetence, schools failed to implement Remote Learning" Not a great headline, but a better summation of the story. Also of note, the story clearly was happy with certain biases like “We all know there’s no substitute for learning in a school setting, and many students are struggling and falling far behind where they should be,” said Austin Beutner, superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District. There are alternatives that work: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_education https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_education

16 points by mmhsieh 6y ago

rkhassen9 6y ago

Anyone have a non paywall link?

LeozMaxwell 6y ago

>> Anyone have a non paywall link? http://archive.is/5tkq3 http://archive.is/5tkq3

rkhassen9 6y ago
Thank you LoezMaxwell. You are a prince.

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Gunax 6y ago

That's unfortunate. I was/am always a big defender of online education, but I think the critics are right: most students just don't do as well.

brendanhawks 6y ago

Judging distance / #remotelearning during #COVID19 #pandemic is like asking a NASCAR driver switch to a bicycle in the middle of the Daytona500. To further complicate things, the driver doesn't even know how to ride a bike and the bike he is given is missing the front wheel. That scenario sounds ridiculous but that is exactly what educators, parents, and students had to deal with. No one had any warning and everyone was forced in an unwinnable situation. They did not have any training, resources or guidance. There was no planning or strategy in place. The teachers did their best but only had access to materials explicitly NOT designed for a remote environment. Students woke up one day and were suddenly asked to sit at home with mom/dad while learning from a screen. That isn't a realistic ask if seeing their friends everyday was something some of them did for the past 14 years. Finally, nobody even knew what the actual goal for the past 3 months of learning have been. While it was nobody's fault and all the educators, parents, and students did their very best, saying that remote learning didn't work implies that the medium was at fault. In my NASCAR example it is like saying we should never race in bicycles anymore. The definition of success must reflect the insurmountable odds of the situation. I actually think that if even an ounce of #learning happened during the crisis, it means that remote learning indeed IS VIABLE under normal circumstances. #teachers #distancelearning #coronavirus #schools #educators

brendanhawks 6y ago

Facebook.com/innercitymanifesto

haspoken 6y ago

With no planning, equipment or preparation, places jumped into trying to something new and drastically different and it failed. No surprise that it didn't work. But that doesn't mean it can't work. It just seems a bit much to leave out the part about being completely unprepared to administer remote learning in the title. Perhaps a better title might be along the lines of "Due to complete incompetence, schools failed to implement Remote Learning" Not a great headline, but a better summation of the story. Also of note, the story clearly was happy with certain biases like “We all know there’s no substitute for learning in a school setting, and many students are struggling and falling far behind where they should be,” said Austin Beutner, superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District. There are alternatives that work: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_education https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_education