{"product_id":"the-distributed-classroom-david-a-joyner-9780262046053","title":"The Distributed Classroom","description":"\u003cb\u003eA vision of the future of education in which the classroom experience is distributed across space and time without compromising learning.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat if there were a model for learning in which the classroom experience was distributed across space and time--and students could still have the benefits of the traditional classroom, even if they can't be present physically or learn synchronously? In this book, two experts in online learning envision a future in which education from kindergarten through graduate school need not be tethered to a single physical classroom. The distributed classroom would neither sacrifice students' social learning experience nor require massive development resources. It goes beyond hybrid learning, so ubiquitous during the COVID-19 pandemic, and MOOCs, so trendy a few years ago, to reimagine the classroom itself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e David Joyner and Charles Isbell, both of Georgia Tech, explain how recent developments, including distance learning and learning management systems, have paved the way for the distributed classroom. They propose that we dispense with the dichotomy between online and traditional education, and the assumption that online learning is necessarily inferior. They describe the distributed classroom's various delivery modes for in-person students, remote synchronous students, and remote asynchronous students; the goal would be a symmetry of experiences, with both students and teachers able to move from one mode to another. With \u003ci\u003eThe Distributed Classroom\u003c\/i\u003e, Joyner and Isbell offer an optimistic, learner-centric view of the future of education, in which every person on earth is turned into a potential learner as barriers of cost, geography, and synchronicity disappear.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David A. Joyner,Charles Isbell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0262046059\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780262046053\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e MIT Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/14\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.30w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/13\/2021 pg. 1","brand":"David A. Joyner","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086453190911,"sku":"9780262046053","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_acce268d-7c4f-4c4a-a4f6-d12b8660ff33.jpg?v=1769094762","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-distributed-classroom-david-a-joyner-9780262046053","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}