Getting Smart: How Digital Learning is Changing the World

<b>A comprehensive look at the promise and potential of online learning</b> <p>In our digital age, students have dramatically new learning needs and must be prepared for the idea economy of the future. In <i>Getting Smart,</i> well-known global education expert Tom Vander Ark examines the facets of educational innovation in the United States and abroad. Vander Ark makes a convincing case for a blend of online and onsite learning, shares inspiring stories of schools and programs that effectively offer &quot;personal digital learning&quot; opportunities, and discusses what we need to do to remake our schools into &quot;smart schools.&quot;</p> Examines the innovation-driven world, discusses how to combine online and onsite learning, and reviews &quot;smart tools&quot; for learning Investigates the lives of learning professionals, outlines the new employment bargain, examines online universities and &quot;smart schools&quot; Makes the case for smart capital, advocates for policies that create better learning, studies smart cultures