Personalized learning
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Personalized Learning
By Beth Nagel
What is Personalized Learning and what does it
look like?
http://www.ed.gov/technology/netp-2010/learning-engage-and-empower
Empowering learners to drive their own learning
through:Respecting that learners know how they learn best
Giving learners voice and choice: co-designers of the curriculum
Flexible, anytime learning
Authentic learning that is self-directed
Teachers acting as guides on the side
Collaborative, flexible learning environment
Why make a shift?The Factory Model of the 19th Century no longer
applies in our rapidly changing world.
Why make a shift?New web environments are game changers in
learning. Learners are connected with information and people around the world 24/7
As our world has changed, so have learners’ needs and access to information and learning
What does a Personalized Learning Classroom look
like?
Learners are active and engaged
Learners have a voice and choice in what learning takes place and how it is learned and assessed
The teacher is a co-designer and partner in learning
The teacher is no longer the “keeper and dispenser of the knowledge”
The classroom is technology rich and allows for anywhere/anytime learning
“The principle goal of education is to create men and woman who are capable of doing new things, not simply repeating what other generations have done.” Jean Piaget
“It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.”
- Albert Einstein
The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.”
- Alvin Toffler
Personalized Learning is necessary because…
”Upon our children - how they are taught - rests the fate - or fortune - of tomorrow's world.” B. C. Forbes