The future of K-12: Will we still need a physical classroom?

Online education remains a key response to the documented shortcomings of K-12 education. There can be no doubt that the sheer volume of solutions and opportunities offered by online educational tools cannot be ignored by a society seeking to graduate better skilled, better adapted, creative, critical thinkers.

The future of education is most assuredly online. But what of the classroom? Do we still hold on to a misty eyed, romantic view of physical learning spaces? Is there a reason we should retain the physical classroom in the future?

A couple of weeks ago we explored whether the university campus would continue to exist in the form it does now, in the future. We concluded that there is educational value to a physical campus, as at certain ages (18-25) the immersive, regulated and social basis of the university campus was hugely beneficial.

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