More often than not, the crowd, on average, will get pretty close to the right answer. As part of the ninth annual Education Next poll , researchers asked the general public , teachers and blended learning ﻿experts about how much time should be dedicated to students " receiving instruction independently through , or on , a computer . " The results showed a slight difference between the groups , but in general , that significantly less than half of instructional time should be spent receiving independent instruction on a computer . The average time that the American public focused on was 50 % of instructional time . Teachers , on the other hand , thought 20 % of instructional time was better suited , whereas experts thought 40 % .
As part of the ninth annual Education Next poll , researchers asked the general public , teachers and blended learning ﻿experts about how much time should be dedicated to students " receiving instruction independently through , or on , a computer . " The results showed a slight difference between the groups , but in general , that significantly less than half of instructional time should be spent receiving independent instruction on a computer . The average time that the American public focused on was 50 % of instructional time . Teachers , on the other hand , thought 20 % of instructional time was better suited , whereas experts thought 40 % .