网络教育的变革与反思
<p><span word="I">I</span> <span word="met">met</span> <span word="Pooja">Pooja</span> <span word="Sankar">Sankar</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="years">years</span> <span word="ago">ago</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="founded">founded</span> <span word="Piazza">Piazza</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="collaboration">collaboration</span> <span word="platform">platform</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="facilitates">facilitates</span> <span word="class">class</span> <span word="discussion">discussion</span> <span word="among">among</span> <span word="students">students</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="teachers">teachers</span>. <span word="Starting">Starting</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="few">few</span> <span word="students">students</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="Stanford">Stanford</span>, <span word="Piazza">Piazza</span> <span word="now">now</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="used">used</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="top">top</span> <span word="universities">universities</span> <span word="such">such</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="Stanford">Stanford</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Princeton">Princeton</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="MIT">MIT</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="in">in</span> 25 <span word="countries">countries</span> <span word="around">around</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span>. <span word="With">With</span> $7.5 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="funding">funding</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Sequoia">Sequoia</span> <span word="Capital">Capital</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Bessemer">Bessemer</span> <span word="Ventures">Ventures</span>, <span word="Sankar">Sankar</span>, 32, <span word="aspires">aspires</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="play">play</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="key">key</span> <span word="role">role</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="transformation">transformation</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="education">education</span>. <span word="But">But</span> <span word="before">before</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="entrepreneurs">entrepreneurs</span> <span word="get">get</span> <span word="too">too</span> <span word="revolutionary">revolutionary</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="field">field</span>, <span word="she">she</span> <span word="thinks">thinks</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="need">need</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="reassess">reassess</span> <span word="technology">technology</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="role">role</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="education">education</span>. <span word="Following">Following</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="epiphany">epiphany</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="World">World</span> <span word="Economic">Economic</span> <span word="Forum">Forum</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Davos">Davos</span>, <span word="Sankar">Sankar</span> <span word="shares">shares</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="view">view</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="Guest">Guest</span> <span word="Post">Post</span>.</p><p>两年前,我见过普加·桑卡尔,当时她已创立了促进师生间课堂讨论的协作平台<span word="Piazza">Piazza</span>。起初,这个平台只是在斯坦福大学(<span word="Stanford">Stanford</span>)的一些学生中使用。如今,<span word="Piazza">Piazza</span>已被斯坦福大学、普林斯顿大学(<span word="Princeton">Princeton</span>)以及麻省理工学院(<span word="MIT">MIT</span>)等顶尖大学所采用,并在全球25个国家得到应用。获得红杉资本(<span word="Sequoia">Sequoia</span> <span word="Capital">Capital</span>)和贝西默风投(<span word="Bessemer">Bessemer</span> <span word="Ventures">Ventures</span>)的750万美元融资后,32岁的桑卡尔希望能在教育改革中大展拳脚。但在其他企业家涉足这一极具变革性的领域之前,她认为我们需要重新审视技术在教育中发挥的作用。根据对达沃斯世界经济论坛(<span word="the">the</span> <span word="World">World</span> <span word="Economic">Economic</span> <span word="Forum">Forum</span>)的感悟,桑卡尔在本期客座文章中分享了她的观点。</p>
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