Personalized Learning

Personalized learning is a mindset and approach to teaching that focuses on meeting each learner where they are and tailoring a curriculum that considers their interests, prior knowledge and skill level, and pace. Such a demand on the teacher requires sophisticated usage of technology in a combination of personalized, blended and online learning.

More foreign language, math & science possible with digital learning

Tom Vander Ark

Aug 16, 2011

Digital learning makes it easier to bring foreign language, math, science and AP courses to students. It can make language learning an engaging, ubiquitous daily experience. And it can help bring science to life and tailor math instruction.

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SMARTER Specs Suggest Complex Tests

Tom Vander Ark

Aug 15, 2011

SMARTER Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) published its "content maps and specification" in English/language arts. They suggest complex tests that include adaptive assessment and demonstrations of learning.

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Recapping a Dozen Don’t Miss Op-Eds

Tom Vander Ark

Aug 13, 2011

Here’s a baker’s dozen August Op-Eds you may have missed. Leadership 1. The Art of Balancing Execution & Innovation: principals and systems heads need to help their community of learners balance process improvement strategies with new approaches to learning. 2. Done Reforming; Focusing on Getting Smart: five things that…

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Done Reforming; Focusing on Getting Smart

Tom Vander Ark

Aug 12, 2011

Next week, our team will be launching GettingSmart.com, a site devoted to innovations in learning. We will continue to focus on K-12 applications, but will expand our coverage of innovations in informal, early, and adult learning. We will cover learning entrepreneurs, investors, technologies, and strategies. We will build a community of learners optimistic about the potential of connecting more young people to the idea economy through personal digital learning.

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The Art of Balancing Execution & Innovation

Tom Vander Ark

Aug 10, 2011

Every school needs an execution agenda to improve the quality of instruction around an adopted curriculum. Every school needs an innovation agenda. Finding the right balance is the art of leadership and the product of dialog.

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Students deserve access to quality digital content & online courses

Tom Vander Ark

Aug 8, 2011

Digital Learning Now released a video on Element 2, student access. It recommends that all students have access to quality content and courses.

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Making Visible A Decade of Lost Children

Tom Vander Ark

Aug 7, 2011

Charles Blow makes visible differences in this American life. This week he highlights the millions of children living in poverty.

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Adaptive Learning: Key to Customization

Tom Vander Ark

Aug 5, 2011

Customized learning, driven by adaptive engines emerging from three innovation pathways, will accelerate achievement and boost completion rates.

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Starting a Virtual School

Tom Vander Ark

Aug 4, 2011

Do students in your district have access to online courses on a full and part time basis? Is your district offering them? A recent survey suggests that more than half of US districts claim them are developing online options. States and districts are approaching digital learning in different ways. …

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Are Textbooks Transitory?

Tom Vander Ark

Aug 4, 2011

Are textbooks transitory or will the value of curation, organization, and narration survive through second gen tablets?

	Beginning	Piloting	Implementing
From Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery	BeginningFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Beginning	PilotingFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Piloting	ImplementingFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Implementing
From One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning	BeginningFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Beginning	PilotingFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Piloting	ImplementingFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Implementing
From Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry	BeginningFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Beginning	PilotingFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Piloting	ImplementingFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Implementing
From Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning	BeginningFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Beginning	PilotingFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Piloting	ImplementingFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Implementing
From Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities	BeginningFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Beginning	PilotingFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Piloting	ImplementingFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Implementing
From Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment	BeginningFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Beginning	PilotingFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Piloting	ImplementingFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Implementing
From Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets	BeginningFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Beginning	PilotingFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Piloting	ImplementingFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Implementing

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