Education 2.0? Futures, pasts and presents

February 29, 2008 in VLEs, literature review, nonformal education, social networking, technology

There are various interesting slideshows on Slideshare.net that show us education and its future in interesting lights. Here are some of them.

Personalised learning and its kindred spirits

January 24, 2008 in concepts, literature review, social networking

Personalised learning isn’t a concept that stands alone in educational history or contemporary approaches. I’ve already mentioned its basic affinity with Rousseau’s Emile but that is more a piece of trivia than anything else.
There are a few more substantial analogs that can be made:

Problem-based learning
Portfolio-based assessment
Distance learning
e-Learning/m-Learning
Self-directed learning/Learner-centered instruction
Montessori schools (and similar alternatives)

None of these [...]

First impressions: Advocacy, student self-advocacy, special needs and personalised learning

January 18, 2008 in advocacy, concepts, literature review

My initial impression from looking at the literature on personalized learning is that there is no clear concept of what self-advocacy within personalized learning involves. First, the term self-advocacy if rarely used. There is talk of the student voice, consultation, etc. but not of self-advocacy.
It appears that the term self-advocacy is predominantly  linked to students [...]

Where is the research on personalized learning?

January 17, 2008 in literature review

After a brief look at the literature on personalized learning, I’m amazed at how little actual research there is into what happens when a PL programme is implemented. The vast majority of the literature is about setting trends and conceptualizing PL rather than investigating the ins and outs of the processes involved. This point was [...]