Broadband is Key to Reinventing Education

According to a recent opinion piece in the Washington Post, e-learning has the potential to revolutionize the way American students learn inside and outside of the classroom.

E-learning enables online course offerings and tutorials that supplement classroom learning; specialized tutoring that can help students surmount any academic challenge; and a new, evolving world of connected opportunities built on videoconferencing, streaming media, and collaborative applications.

However, the tools, technologies and platforms used for e-learning require high-speed Internet connections. Broadband is the key to leveling the playing field for rural and low-income students, and restoring the global competitiveness of America's primary and secondary educational system.

Speed Matters is interested in your thoughts on how broadband-enabled technologies can reinvent the education experience.

A new America through broadband (Washington Post)