NEW Walla Walla connects with online school

WALLA WALLA – Walla Walla Public Schools has partnered with a St. Louis-based online learning firm to offer online courses to local students.

The district began offering classes through Greenways Academy at the start of this school year, following an initial trial run with some students over the summer. Any student – even those not in Walla Walla schools – can elect to take one or more classes to supplement coursework, to make up classes, or simply as an alternative to traditional schooling.

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Online course expansion aims to meet needs of new-age students

COLUMBIA — Students are not the same as they were 20 years ago.

Today they blog, tweet, text, listen to iTunes and write a paper all at once. They are technology addicts who are constantly multitasking — in and out of the classroom.

Many traditional classrooms have failed to meet the needs of this new student generation. That’s why the University of Missouri System aims to address the ever-changing student learning styles by spending $482,000 to develop 124 new online courses.

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