Education revolution from info tech

But I'm coming around. I'm coming around to the view that big, important, disruptive -- and positive -- changes are coming; and they're coming faster than many might think. I've concluded that those who see online learning as a part of the solution to crumbling school budgets and lackluster student performance are right. I now believe that the education world is on the brink of a revolution that will come about not because of politics and policy, but despite them.

The potential is so compelling that if the education establishment does not encourage the move to smart online learning, parents, students, teachers and innovative administrators will lead the charge. They will engineer the shift. And they'll do it in a matter of years, not decades. Mike Cassidy at the Mercury News

Hey, it promotes specialization and sustainability!:

Online programs allow students to move at their own pace. Young scholars don't have to feel overwhelmed as the curriculum races past them or bored as material they've already mastered is repeated. Digital instruction means students can learn from the best, no matter where they live.
At a recent Silicon Valley summit on digital education, U.S. Education Department official Karen Cator used the example of "the teacher in the cloud," a physicist who could teach students physics while their classroom teacher helped them with their homework and pointed them toward books and other material that supported the lesson

I like the Learning Bubble for younger school kids!