Guest Thinkers — February 16, 2011

Interview with Chris Craft

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Is it already July 3? Way back on June 20 I had the pleasure of talking with Chris Craft about online learning for a class he’s taking. The focus was mainly on higher education but much of our conversation was relevant to the K-12 world as well. Chris posted our discussion as a podcast in case you’d like to hear it:

Interview with Chris Craft (23:46)

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Charles bridge in prague, czech republic.

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