Whats all this got to do with computers, learning, and online professional development?
Thanks for your patience, gentle reader . . . The point is that if we are ever going to get lifelong learning to be accepted by more than 10 percent of the public, moving its pursuit from an elitist status to the foundation for responsible citizenship, we need a whole bunch of teachers who are working more like jazz musicians and less like members of an orchestral section. Teachers must rise to the highest levels of individualized learning, in order to allow their students to reach similarly high standards, and online environments, for the first time in human history, make possible the types of mentorship that will be needed.
