What is Personalized Learning in the Blended Learning Context?
What is Personalized Learning in the Blended Learning Context?
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Personalized learning in K-12 blended learning environments represents a transformative approach to education, harnessing the power of technology and pedagogy to tailor instruction to individual student needs. In these innovative settings, students are empowered to take ownership of their learning journey, with teachers acting as facilitators and guides. Blended learning combines traditional classroom experiences with online resources and tools, allowing students to progress at their own pace and delve deeper into subjects that pique their interest. Adaptive software, data analytics, and formative assessments enable educators to gain insights into each student's strengths and areas that require additional support, fostering a more customized curriculum. This approach not only accommodates diverse learning styles but also nurtures students' critical thinking skills, problem-solving abilities, and self-motivation, ultimately preparing them for a rapidly evolving, knowledge-driven world.
Things to Consider:
Things to Consider:
Learner Profiles can be a beneficial way to understand students learning needs
Develop a learner profile
Co-Design the learning experience with your students.
Content should be specific for each learner and needs - taking a proactive approach to addressing learner needs.
Personalized Learning is Accessible Learning cast.org
Allow learners to have had a voice in creating their learning goals.
An example of this is an educator working with students to share overall student performance data from a district or school diagnostic platform. Students look at their areas of growth and create a goal specific to them. They revisit that goal on a weekly basis.
5. Align technology to the learning needs of learners and the learning intentions and success criteria.
Information on Teacher Clarity (John Hattie)
6. Provide opportunities for learners to focus on creation through the use of technology tools.
7. Build your own technology toolbox to share with learners as needed. Learners can also also build a technology toolbox to utilize when demonstrating understanding of learning.
Check out this student creation list or this Express yourself Choiceboard
8. Consider ways to support the diverse learning needs of students in your classroom.
Check out Placer County Resources - UDL Resource FlipKit
9. Use Generative AI like ChatGPT, Microsoft Bing, Google Bard or Poe.com to create personalized learning ideas. Remember to engineer your prompts. See template.
Research/Resources:
Research/Resources:
California Digital Learning Standards and Guidance Website, CDE, 2022 (Chapter 1, 2 and 3)
Turn Your Classroom into a Personalized Learning Environment, Robyn Howton, ISTE, 2022
How Curiosity, Creativity and Student Agency Unlock Student Learning, Jerry Fingal, 2022
Blended: Using Disruptive Innovation to Improve Schools, Michael Horn & Heather Staker
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