Class in a Dorm Room?

I got to thinking today when Dr. Zeitz was talking about being a change agent in your classroom.  I got to thinking that a teacher always wants there students to be happy.  But for some students they can dread going to class.  So what if they didnt need to come to class.  Some books for classes cost upwards of $100 and today Dr Zeitz said tablets were only going for little over $100 at Walgreens.  Are you putting things together yet?  How about UNI goes 1:1 learning to a new level.  Have students in Ed Tech and Design purchase tablets and have them as learning resource.  Although I dont know for sure but I think tablets can have internet.  Lots of times students have to miss class and in many classes get points taken off for missing that class.  What if the teacher for ETD taught the class in regular lab for students who could come and then for students that could not come due to illness or other reasons the class was on something similar to the ICN.  Students could follow what was going along live in the class from the freedom of their dorm room through their tablet.  The teacher could have it so that the ill student had to sign in to a back channel/live chat room so that would be their attendance of signing in.  Athletes who have to miss class for road trips could still stay up on class by watching and listening to class while being on the road.  And if students stop coming to the lab all together the teacher could simply decide to teach the class from his office and have a class lesson from dorm rooms and an office!  The fine details are not smoothed out but I think I am on to something! I will be sure to give credit to ETD when I make this idea a real thing and become famous!

 

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