
The Shaping of Learning Content
Have you ever seen a remarkably unflattering picture of a politician or other figure in a paper? Did you wonder whether or not this was the best one shot for the news item? Newspapers and TV programs tend to choose
Have you ever seen a remarkably unflattering picture of a politician or other figure in a paper? Did you wonder whether or not this was the best one shot for the news item? Newspapers and TV programs tend to choose
News companies and individual journalists have enormous power over public learning content about world events. This power is wielded in all imaginable ways, ranging from very liberal to very conservative, as well as other spectrums of interests and views. One
In what way is learning content about world events altered depending on their source? How do news companies and journalists allow their opinions to creep into and shape their news items? There are many ways it happens. One is through
Perhaps the most influential source of learning content is the news. The news media reaches everyone, crossing borders of nationality, career, personality, world perspective, and age. Even children indifferent to politics or world events can’t help but occasionally flip by
Should states have total power over school learning content? Historically, local government has exercised control over U.S. schools across the country, including decisions about school standards and classroom learning content. But in 2001, Congress signed into federal law the No
The future of the learning management system depends on how well it diversifies its functions. The LMS is a tool with great, often untapped, potential. Normally, for example, learning management systems don’t interact with tools like Wikipedia, Flickr, GTalk, and