Comments on: Rocketship’s Learning Labs & The Cost Of Personalization, Ctd. /2013/rocketships-learning-labs-the-cost-of-personalization-ctd/ less helpful Mon, 18 Mar 2013 22:10:44 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: dy/dan » Blog Archive » Pattern Matching In Khan Academy /2013/rocketships-learning-labs-the-cost-of-personalization-ctd/#comment-754201 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 22:10:44 +0000 /?p=16167#comment-754201 […] [via reader Kevin Hall] […]

]]> By: Kevin H. /2013/rocketships-learning-labs-the-cost-of-personalization-ctd/#comment-696699 Sat, 26 Jan 2013 01:18:02 +0000 /?p=16167#comment-696699 Somewhat related, and from the blog of one of Khan Academy’s software developers: “I had recently visited one of our pilot schools, Summit, a charter school in San Jose, CA. It was my first school visit … I observed how some students made progress in exercises without necessarily demonstrating understanding of the underlying concepts. The practice of “pattern matching” is something that Ben Eater and Sal had mentioned on several occasions, but seeing some of it happening firsthand made a deeper impression on me.”

At least they’re becoming aware of it.

]]> By: l hodge /2013/rocketships-learning-labs-the-cost-of-personalization-ctd/#comment-673528 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 01:59:25 +0000 /?p=16167#comment-673528 It is encouraging that folks like Danner are pushing vendors for better products. We will see…

The online learning lab is integral to their model – their financial model. The savings gained from having large groups in the learning lab with teaching assistants allows for higher salaries and investments in technology.

I wonder if online learning is better suited for providing a problem the student is capable of solving (Danner’s words) rather than leading student’s through a specific sequence of skills and concepts. Perhaps the online learning could involve more general problems that do not require a lot of technical skills. The program would be adjusting more to a students problem solving ability and less to their content knowledge.

]]> By: Jess /2013/rocketships-learning-labs-the-cost-of-personalization-ctd/#comment-673145 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 21:02:02 +0000 /?p=16167#comment-673145 I can’t help wondering if there’s more at play here, whether the real story is that content providers at present are the ones who are unable to truly provide a learning environment that is conducive to the needs of the learners in the learning lab. If you take a look at some of the providers, they’re stuck in multiple choice questions and the land of rote, a place that we’re already aware of being the exact opposite of what is needed for higher order mathematical skills.

Just a thought.

]]> By: Dennis Ashendorf /2013/rocketships-learning-labs-the-cost-of-personalization-ctd/#comment-667310 Fri, 11 Jan 2013 19:44:07 +0000 /?p=16167#comment-667310 Working hard to “integrate” online instruction with classroom instruction is often TOO hard. I teach Algebra 1, but I use Buzzmath as one of my online tools (superb middle school math software) for many of them. Many of my students need to be rebuilt, not patched.

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