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The book "Education 2.0: The Learningweb Revolution And The Transformation Of The School" discusses the current state of education and how it has been affected by the Internet and Web 2.0 technologies. Despite 30 years of school reforms, the public school system is still struggling and employment prospects for graduates are declining. The author argues that the traditional education paradigm inherited from the Industrial Era is no longer effective and needs to be transformed to accommodate the abundance of online learning resources. The book proposes new organizational models based on complexity theory and suggests creating "open learning centers" as a solution. The author also provides practical steps for readers to implement this new paradigm in their own locations.
Thirty years of spirited school reforms have failed to improve our schools and instead have left our public school systems in disarray. Meanwhile, employment prospects for high school and college graduates are fading, and the public is losing faith in its schools. The education paradigm inherited from the Industrial Era is in crisis. In the last decade, however, the Internet and new Web 2.0 technologies have placed the entirety of human knowledge in the hands of everyone. What will our educational institutions make of this unprecedented flood of Web-based learning resources? How can schools be transformed to accommodate the new possibilities for personal and social learning? Leonard Waks gathers all the pieces of our current educational puzzle together in this groundbreaking book. Drawing on new organizational models grounded in complexity theory, Waks maps out an inspiring new paradigm for education in the Internet age, and connects all the dots in constructing detailed models for new schools-now transformed into "open learning centers." Finally, Waks details action steps readers can take to speed this transformative process along in their own locations.
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