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Tom Vander Ark, CEO of Getting Smart, talksto Reason managing editor Katherine Mangu-Ward about online learning. He says that learning online is not only the future of education but one of the ways to make it more effective. He admits that most students will still learn in the classroom, but online tools will be blended into their education, making the educational experience specific to their needs. A Reason TV production.

Earlier this month, New York City public schools blocked access to the popular artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT. Educators are concerned that students could use this technology to write papers - the tool wasn't even a month old when a college professor in South Carolina caught a student using it to write an essay in philosophy class. Darren Hick of Furman University joins John Yang to discuss.

There are startling and credible predictions that more than five million Australian jobs will simply disappear in the next 15 years, as a result of technology. Many of the jobs our kids will do haven't been invented yet. In this film, we meet the kids giving up their weekends to learn the computer coding skills they say they're not being taught at school, and explore the schools who believe they're unlocking the future with innovative teaching methods...

The Internet is bringing new possibilities to education. This program introduces the terms and techniques needed by students and teachers alike to use Internet technology with confidence. In addition, instructors share some of their creative lesson plans that incorporate the Internet as a means of collaborative communication through videoconferences, chat rooms, and e-mail; as a gateway to cyber-libraries; as a platform for virtual field trips; and...

Distance learning just might be the perfect option for those who need to update their skills or pursue training for a new career but cannot attend classes full-time. This educational resource illustrates the variety of audio, video, and online opportunities available to those who want to acquire the knowledge needed to move ahead in today's ultra-competitive employment marketplace. Various academic programs are profiled.

This program provides an overview of the history of education and distance learning, including an extensive interview with Professor Neil Postman from the first television classroom of the 1950s, Sunrise Semester. From there, the program explores various case studies involving distance learning: a homeless women gets her GED; a handicapped woman graduates from college; and a choreographer puts together a Net dance course by combining images of life-forms...

Every child in America deserves a chance to participate in the Information Revolution, says President Clinton. But first, the inner-city technology ghetto must be eliminated. In this program, representatives of groups such as the National Urban League, ASPIRA, the East Harlem Tutorial Program, the Technology Access Foundation, and the Urban Technology Center examine the urgent need for technology-centered education through home computer access, community...

Once the envy of the world, American schools are now in trouble. Can the science of learning— including new insights from neuroscientists, psychologists, and educators—reveal how kids' brains work and tell us which techniques are most likely to engage and inspire growing minds? Teachers, students, parents, and scientists take center stage as NOVA explores a new vision for the School of the Future.

As America's economy goes global and companies continue to adjust, what skills and education will tomorrow's workforce need in order to prosper in the marketplace of the future? This program profiles the Travis Communications Academy, Silicon Valley's Monta Vista High School, and the New Technology High School, "the school that business built"--Schools that stress the value of critical thinking and teamwork as the building blocks of success. Former...