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Myers, Nathan R. – Journal of Educational Media, Memory and Society, 2022
This article recounts the history of the Ohio School of the Air (OSA) as a technological innovation that demonstrates the promise and limitations of technology in education. The article situates the OSA within the larger progressive educational movement, detailing the OSA's rise and reasons for its decline. This article argues that, while the OSA…
Descriptors: Educational Experiments, Educational Innovation, Technology Uses in Education, Progressive Education
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Mitra, Sugata; Dangwal, Ritu – Prospects, 2022
The "hole-in-the-wall" experiments of 1999, as named by the popular media, started with an Internet-connected computer being embedded in a wall facing a slum in Kalkaji, New Delhi, India. Several studies showed that groups of children, when given access to the Internet, can learn by themselves. Children's academic marks improved, and…
Descriptors: Educational Experiments, Internet, Foreign Countries, Independent Study