Hi Jim,
Thanks for this interesting question about the difficulty of making
effective and engaging use of technology in the classroom. I understand the
difficulty of creating engaging learner experiences in an online or blended
environment. I see several different problems here:
1) creating lessons and activities for online delivery is much more time
consuming than many people suspect;
2) it is very difficult to use text to explain even moderately complex
processes to students in a way that everyone can understand;
3) people are unpredictable so even relatively closed activities offer
students opportunities to move beyond what a lesson [...]
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