Global Education Conference, 2013

Towards PersonalisingLearningin a Global World

Dr Gail Casey - gcasey@deakin.edu.au - http://gcasey.wikispaces.com/Deakin University/ Geelong High School, Australia

This global project received 1st place in the ISTE SIGOL Online Learning Awards in 2012

WebToWhere Project

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“As education becomes more global, how can we take advantage of new media & technologies to provide a

more personalised approach to learning: one that will support students

out-of-school lives?”

Looking specifically at learning design and assessment.

The Question

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2010-2012 StudyWeb 2 & Participatory Media

http://webtowhere.ning.com/3

Projects that build on prior knowledge

http://webtowhere.ning.com/group/globalclassroomprojects 4

What’s in your closet?

http://webtowhere.ning.com/group/the-big-happy-closet-thingy-majigy 5

Personalising Learning - Scaffolding

6. Peer & SelfAssessment

7. Constructive Peer Feedack

1. Student Formal & Informal learning

Onlinesharing space

with moderators & peer mentors

3. Students finding out about each

other

5. Students: active & valued through contributions to

the learning of others

StudentCentred

Teacher PD support, curriculum

development, team teaching

Student Interaction within & across

classes

Learning & interaction anytime,

anywhere

2. Student avatars,

themes & choice of identity

4. Student’s ‘My Page’

http://webtowhere.ning.com/forum/topics/webtowhere-student-samples-2012 6

ePortfolio

http://webtowhere.ning.com/profile/HarryPotter 7

Get Creative

http://webtowhere.ning.com/group/getcreative 8

• Building in Play-Time (across schools, year levels & learning areas)

• A student-centred approach to support personalising learning

• Scaffolding to support peer feedback and assessment

• Designing learning that is authentic, provides choice & student role models

• Support for teachers to learn, unlearn & relearn!

• Strengthening learning through teacher Action Research

email gcasey@deakin.edu.au to become involved

Where to from here?

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