Cutting-edge Learning

Every day is a learning experience. How many times have you heard this? Usually this comment follows a bad experience. Why can't we learn from good experiences? Actually you can. Recently I attended a training session on McGraw-Hill's Connect website. This thing is touted as the next big thing in education. It creates individualized interactive learning. How cool is that! The students work at their own pace on assignments that you the teacher create. You can either use material questions supplied by the publisher or you can incorporate your own material. The student is guided through the material and is given constant feedback on his/her progress. The instructor receives regular progress reports as the students assimilate the material. Together the student and instructor can target problem areas of learning and areas of needed concentration. The Connect caters to multiple disciplines and I encourage you to check it out