Other terms related to Personalised learning
Some types of learning and instruction, which are often used while discussing Personalised Learning:
Blended learning
is a cohesive mix of face-to-face-instruction and online learning. The teacher could either produce content for online learning by themselves or use a content provider like Kahn Academy. Blended learning often involves a Learning Management System like Moodle or Google Classroom that integrate both parts and helps keep track of student learning.1Competency-based learning
Content, skills and dispositions can all be described as competencies that a student has to acquire. In competency-based learning, once a student has demonstrated mastery of one competency, they move on to the next. When they have trouble, they are given help. 1, 2This is an alternative to the traditional setting where progress is based on student birthday and the time they have spent in the classroom.
Differentiated Instruction
"To differentiate instruction is to recognize students’ varying background knowledge, readiness, language, preferences in learning and interests; and to react responsively".3 It is different from personalised learning in that it is not student-led and that the learning objective is common for all learners - only the way in which they are instructed changes.For example, for learning new words, some students may be asked to find newspaper clippings that has these words, others might be asked to learn a song.
Flipped Classroom
flips the classwork and homework. Students learn at home using online coursework or lectures. Teacher guides practice or projects in the class.2Individualized learning
is all about the pace in which a student learns.4 If they are struggling, they can opt to spend more time practising what they learnt. If they are confident, they can move ahead explore other content without getting bored.Problem-based learning and Project-based learning
Students learn by solving a problem or doing a project which may or may not be personalized while teachers act as their facilitators or guides.You might also want to look at different adaptive learning systems.
1 Groff,J., Personalized Learning: The State of the Field & Future Directions, Center for Curriculum Redesign, 2017.
2 Holmes, W., Anastopoulou S., Schaumburg, H & Mavrikis, M.,Technology-enhanced personalised learning: untangling the evidence, Stuttgart: Robert Bosch Stiftung, 2018.
3 Hall, T., Vue, G., Strangman, N., & Meyer, A., Differentiated instruction and implications for UDL implementation, Wakefield, MA: National Center on Accessing the General Curriculum, 2003
4 Michell, M., Personalized, Individualized, and Differentiated Learning : A Simple Math Equation, 2016
