Looking back from a post-2020 vantage point, the home student of 2013 appears prophetic. When the global pandemic forced the world into lockdown, millions of students were abruptly thrust into the reality that the home student had quietly inhabited for years.
"A home-schooler?" she said, one eyebrow raised. "You guys are like Bigfoot. People talk about you, but nobody’s ever actually seen one." home student 2013
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The home student of this era engaged with a specific texture of the internet. It was the era of Web 2.0—interactive but not yet fully algorithmic. The student engaged with clunky Learning Management Systems (Moodle and Blackboard were the titans of the time), navigating threaded discussions that felt more like correspondence letters than conversation. There was a latency to the interaction that demanded patience. The feedback loop was not instant. "You guys are like Bigfoot
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