Delivering Personalised Learning Through Technology: The

Teachers’ Perspective.Jamie Davies & Mark Holah.

Wyke Sixth Form College.

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The Question

How can we as teachers empower our learners and facilitate the learning process using new technologies?

Does one size fit all?

The Answer: Learning Platforms?

• Restricts learners’ journeys.

• Don’t reflect how learners interact with new technologies.

• Limits sharing of best practice.

• Deskills teachers.

“Levels of access to and use of technology are high among young learners – especially out of school. However, their experience of technology in formal education generally differs from that at home and there are increasing indications that learners’ expectations of technology, and, as a result, of learning, are not being met.”

(BECTA 2008: 23)

The Answer: Web 2.0 Technologies

WEB 2.0 communication, conversation, connecting, community

We all have a voice …

• Blogs and wikis: everyone can communicate.• RSS: everyone can read about it.• Del.icio.us: sharing web clips and ideas.• Flickr: share and search pictures and images.• Productivity: google.docs, slideshare.net.• Video sharing: upload, watch; youtube, etc.• Socialise: facebook, myspace, secondlife.• Communication: twitter, blogging.

WEB 2.0 communication, conversation, connecting, community

Empowering learners by giving them ownership of their learning using a collection of distributed tools that promote creativity and innovation.

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