Editing Classroom (section)

==Challenges to the classroom==
[[File:Open air classroom for Maasai children in Tanzania.jpg|thumb|Open air classroom for [[Maasai people|Maasai]] children in [[Tanzania]]]]
[[E-learning|Online learning]] technologies make it possible for learning to take place at any time, at any place, and at any pace that the learner desires. This is particularly important for adult students who may need to schedule their learning around work and parenting responsibilities.<ref>{{Citation|last=Chute|first=Eleanor|title=Online courses increase in popularity|date=16 October 2007|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/news/education/online-courses-increase-in-popularity-506287/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130630040415/http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/news/education/online-courses-increase-in-popularity-506287/|publisher=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|access-date=7 May 2013|archive-date=30 June 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> According to the [[American Society for Training and Development]], as of 2014, approximately 25% of employee training hours take place online rather than in a classroom.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.td.org/Publications/Magazines/TD/TD-Archive/2014/11/2014-State-of-the-Industry-Report-Spending-on-Employee-Training-Remains-a-Priority|title= 2014 State of the Industry Report: Spending on Employee Training Remains a Priority|date=2014-11-08|first=Laurie|last=Miller|work= Main|access-date=2015-01-17}}</ref> However, critics argue that even the classroom space is full of distractions in the 21st century since even though access to the online world may be restricted by some institutions, students may find distractions in their physical vicinity and so tend to multitask and divide their attention without focusing on any one task at a time.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Attention, and Other 21st-Century Social Media Literacies|url = http://er.educause.edu/articles/2010/10/attention-and-other-21stcentury-social-media-literacies|website = er.educause.edu|access-date = 2015-12-16}}</ref>

The traditional classroom has also been attacked by advocates of various forms of [[alternative education]]. Italian educator [[Maria Montessori]] wrote that "Stationary desks and chairs <nowiki>[are]</nowiki> proof that the principle of slavery still informs the school".<ref name="Montessori2006">{{Citation|author=Maria Montessori|title=The Montessori Method|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2l-xJQDziqcC&pg=PR7|access-date=8 June 2013|date=1 September 2006|publisher=Cosimo, Inc.|isbn=978-1-59605-943-6|page=ix}}</ref>

Low [[Indoor air quality|classroom air quality]] reduces learning.<ref name="b476">{{cite journal | last1=Sadrizadeh | first1=Sasan | last2=Yao | first2=Runming | last3=Yuan | first3=Feng | last4=Awbi | first4=Hazim | last5=Bahnfleth | first5=William | last6=Bi | first6=Yang | last7=Cao | first7=Guangyu | last8=Croitoru | first8=Cristiana | last9=de Dear | first9=Richard | last10=Haghighat | first10=Fariborz | last11=Kumar | first11=Prashant | last12=Malayeri | first12=Mojtaba | last13=Nasiri | first13=Fuzhan | last14=Ruud | first14=Mathilde | last15=Sadeghian | first15=Parastoo | last16=Wargocki | first16=Pawel | last17=Xiong | first17=Jing | last18=Yu | first18=Wei | last19=Li | first19=Baizhan | title=Indoor air quality and health in schools: A critical review for developing the roadmap for the future school environment | journal=Journal of Building Engineering | volume=57 | date=2022 | doi=10.1016/j.jobe.2022.104908 | doi-access=free | page=104908| url=https://centaur.reading.ac.uk/107335/1/1-s2.0-S2352710222009202-main.pdf }}</ref>