It assumes the child has an environment at home that includes the technology to watch and absorb the lesson. Also that they are home in time to do so. Unfortunately, that's a leap of faith in our society.
Some schools have been assigning each child a laptop, i-pad, or other technology device. The camera and/or microphone may be remotely turned on to observe the child's use of the device, the study environment, etc. This is not entirely new... see posts from 2013 (
1,
2,
3). GPS software can track the location of the device. Those running more sophisticated software can track the amount of time a student spends on each page, even track a student's eye movements across the page while reading. Hence my statement in this post
upthread, about being a proponent of
books.
Common Core has ushered in extensive
data collection on students.
Here is a link to a discussion on
flipped classrooms, from 2013.
