By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. The Two Resources Administrators Should Maximize for Personalized Learning Success
Grant Rivera, EdSurge, 2017/01/19
This is a good non-technology based definition of personalized learning: "it occurs as leaders empower teachers to go beyond the traditional role of a 'content expert' and organically diagnose, analyze, guide, instruct, and coach students." This definition, however, makes personalization very labour-intensive, which it has in fact always been. More...
Flexible programs allow MBA students to do it all
StudentBridge takes educational recruiting to new level of personalization with virtual campus experiences
Submitted by Ray Bendici. With college application season now in full swing, most students are looking to answer the question “Will I Get In?” as they embark on the arduous admissions’ process. On the institutional side, colleges and universities are actively marketing their schools in order to meet deadlines and fill their 2017 freshman classes. More...
PEARSONalized Learning
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. PEARSONalized Learning
Michael Feldstein, e-Literate, 2016/09/29
I want to cut this out and put it on the wall around here: "There is a recurring cultural fantasy that 'solving' the education 'problem' consists of creating a customized playlist of little content bits. More...
College Students: 'Please Personalize My Learning'
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. College Students: 'Please Personalize My Learning'
Dian Schaffhauser, Campus Technology, 2016/10/19
This is one of those surveys (47 page PDF but you might have to sign up for spam) that I think puts words in people's mouths. More...
College Students: ‘Please Personalize My Learning’
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Digital technology in post-secondary learning is here to stay, according to a new report. More...
EdTech disruption in HE will push personalised learning
By Robert Dragan. Historically, education wasn’t a right, it was a privilege. Afforded only by the better off, it took the form of personalised tutoring. The ancient Greek senators would employ a philosopher to educate and prepare their sons for the world of Greek democracy. Read more...
Personalized Learning at Law Schools
By Michael Feldstein. I recently had the honor of speaking at the CALI (Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction) conference. I was invited by one of my early heroes, John Mayer. When I first arrived on the ed tech blogging scene, John was already here, doing stuff. He inspired me. More...
Personalisation is key to minimising student dropout
By Gad Yair and Nofar Gueta. How many positive experiences do students have in their department? Are institutions aware of the many negative experiences that first generation students come up against – and do they attempt to turn those negative experiences into positive ones? What are the drivers for such transformative experiences and can we use them to increase equity and expand students' life chances. Read more...
A Moodle Plug-in for Gamified, Individualized Learning
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. A Moodle Plug-in for Gamified, Individualized Learning
Leila Meyer, Campus Technology, 2016/05/26
Using a Moodle plugin, "instructors can turn their courses into a personalized game, where students complete course activities in the school's Moodle learning management system to gain skill points and advance their avatar through a series of objectives." More...