“The first rule of any technology used in business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency.”
Bill Gates
cited at http://www.slideshare.net/jamadrid/why-technology-is-failling-in-public-schools
“Simply giving kids hardware or another computer, I think, is not going to change what’s going on.”
Joel Klein, former New York City Schools Chancellor and now CEO of Amplify (the education division of News Corp.)
http://gigaom.com/2013/03/05/the-future-of-digital-learning-news-corp-s-amplify-debuts-its-tablet-for-k-12-classrooms/
“The evolution of eLearning is an interesting one. Twenty-some years ago, computer-based training (CBT) was the next big thing in job skills advancement. It was generally well received by both employers and the workforce as a way to supplement classroom or on the job training. But soon, the limitations of CBT became apparent.”
Jeffrey A. Roth, VP of Marketing and Communications for Interactyx Limited.
http://elearningindustry.com/a-view-into-the-future-of-elearning
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