Digital learning is slated to see improvements in the elementary, secondary and post-secondary systems according to the draft of a new US federal plan. The US Department of Education’s Office of Educational Technology released the report entitled “Transforming American Education: Learning Powered by Technology” which is a draft of the National Educational Technology Plan 2010, on March 5.
Paramount to this report is the suggestion of increasing the role of online learning in all levels of curricula from kindergarten to grade 12 and the college level as well.
The Obama administration’s push to improve elementary and secondary education, increase the number of college graduates by 20% by 2020 and overhaul the No Child Left Behind Act, incited this report.
The first national broadband plan, a report released by the Federal Communications Commission, suggested ways of expanding digital learning such as giving schools and hospitals affordable access to ultra-high-speed broadband.
