Rethinking Higher Ed: A Case for Adaptive Learning

By CCAP. Higher education is notorious for adjusting slowly to change. Despite its status quo position on higher learning, the pedagogical view that instruction must be taught in the traditional classroom has long been defeated. Adaptive learning technologies, a hot topic among postsecondary pundits at the moment, seem to have risen in its wake.
Many believe adaptive learning technologies will pave the way for a pedagogical renaissance. In a recent Gallup and Inside Higher Ed survey, two in three college and university presidents believed adaptive learning would make a “positive impact on higher education.” Understood as computer-based or online systems which modify the way material is presented, adaptive learning technologies are meant to be interactive tools for both teachers and students. More...