Sophisticated digital tools allow texts to be annotated, videos to be produced, interactive learning experiences created, all of which further enhance student learning. However, “The only way to allow students…
Today, learners demand more customization, voice, and practicality from their learning environments (Kalaitzidis, Litts, & Halverson, 2017). Hence, instructional designers will have to upgrade learning environments in order to meet…
Most of what I am reading has defined personalized learning as learning that incorporates student needs, student interests, and student preferences. For many, there is no confusion around these variables,…
Blended learning can be defined as a formal education program in which a student learns partly online and partly face-to-face. Blended learning is also an exciting way to personalize learning for students…
Let’s be honest, it is hard to truly personalize learning when there are established standards for learning. Please don't get me wrong. I am not arguing against standards for learning, I’m…
Personalized learning will mean something different for the parents of our students than for our students and our administrators and our teacher colleagues. As I continue to explore the topic…
To this day, I'm still fascinated with Mortimer Adler's Paideia Proposal. I first heard about it in 2002 in a Graduate course at American University. I admired Adler at the…
The concept of "Genius Hour" was new to me up until I realized that Genius Hour is what my former school used to call the "Multiple Intelligences" or M.I. clubs.…
"Follow your passion", they say! "Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion" (Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel). I've heard sayings like these, amongst others, coming of age…
Much like an empty box of tissues, curriculum model theories, generate non-renewable learning experiences as the focus is on meeting a standard and maintaining a learning pace within a finite amount of time.
