Technology-Enhanced Learning Quotes

I don't think we will put higher-ed out of business. I think we'll evolve it. More access, higher quality, lower costs, more global reach.

We can close the gap and improve what happens in the classroom by using educational technology that is the same high quality everywhere.

The implications of so many people connected to the Internet all the time from the standpoint of education is incredible.

Universities have come to realize that online is not a fad. The question is not whether to engage in this area but how to do it.

All too often, technology is treated as a silver bullet for perceived problems in education. This sometimes leads to knee-jerk investments, using scarce resources to invest in software or hardware without a clear notion of how either might actually empower learning.

If high-quality content can be effectively delivered via technology, teachers can devote more time to creating innovative experiences, leading Socratic dialogs, or coaching students one-on-one in more targeted and focused interventions.

The 21st century workforce should not have to accept 20th century educational methods.

As technology plays a major role inside and outside the classroom, we want to make sure education innovation is accessible.

There is incredible potential for digital technology in and beyond the classroom, but it is vital to rethink how learning is organised if we are to reap the rewards.

Kids are prone to be on their phone and their iPads, prone to sharing things and making things. Instead of trying to divorce education from that, let's lean into that.

Computers in classrooms are the filmstrips of the 1990s.

Any good teacher should become acquainted with relevant technologies. But the technologies should not dictate an education goal. Rather, the teacher (or parent or student or policy maker) should ask: can technology help to achieve this goal, and which technologies are most likely to be helpful?

I'm not a techno-determinist. I believe we need to improve our existing human resources, and technology can only be a complement.

There's a lot to be learned about how digital media, the ability to reach anybody any time, really transforms the peer interaction experience in education at large.

It is inevitable that we will need digital technology to re-imagine learning beyond schooling. Even if it is only to inspire people to do more things physically.

A really large number of teachers contact us offline testifying how valuable iPads are for their students.

I'm excited to see how current and future technologies revolutionize the way we learn.

Indeed, the highest honors are those granted by organizations who understand the necessity of providing our nation's children with access to technology in an environment which fosters the type of learning that will lead us into the next century.

There's no question in my mind of the value in technology in fueling young minds. Like any other tool, if you simply throw it in the classroom and don't consider how best to take advantage of that tool, and you try the old ways with a new piece of technology on the desk, it's no panacea.

As technology changes the way we communicate, connect, create, consume and innovate, it is democratizing access to opportunity. Education is no exception.

Education must be the only sector that hasn't already been completely revolutionized by technology.

To try to teach ignoring technology is to ignore the progress that we have made over the last century. If school is preparation for the real world - a real world that is increasingly technology-driven - then to ignore technology is to become obsolete.

We have an amazing advantage right now in that we have developed technology that is so sexy, so engaging for kids.

Let students use technologies in the classroom.

It gives me a lot of energy to talk to developers or meet students in classrooms who are using our technology to help learn faster and better. Watching them pursue their passion.