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Personalized Learning Innovations andLarge-Scale Implementations
Meaghan DuffAugust 22, 2017
AbstractPresenter: Meaghan Duff, Senior Director, Professional Learning, EDUCAUSE
Title: Personalized Learning Innovations and Large-Scale Implementations
Description: An increasingly popular phrase in education circles, ‘Personalized Learning’ conjures very different images in the minds of K-12 teachers and curriculum specialists, higher education faculty and administrators, education technology developers, and especially today’s students. In the gap between our present-day teaching practices and a future with better data-informed instruction that is tailored to the needs of individual learners, educators and institutions struggle to make sound decisions about pedagogical reform, content adoption, and technology use. Join Meaghan Duff as she discusses the variety of approaches postsecondary institutions are using to personalize learning and shares her perspective on how education technology products may evolve to meet the needs of contemporary college students and their instructors.
Key Questions What is personalized and adaptive learning, and why do we
need it for our students?
How are leading institutions driving toward scale?
What technologies, leadership, and faculty support are needed to get started?
How can you to engage administrators and faculty in building an effective program that serves students?
What are the key metrics to monitor in evaluating progress?
The National College Completion Challenge
By 2020, 65% of all jobs in the US economy will require postsecondary education.
Only 58% of students who entered 2-or 4-year postsecondary institutions in 2010 completed a degree in 6 years.
Personalized Learning as a Student Success Initiative
StudentSuccess
Personalized Learning
Financial Aid
Co-Curricular Activities
Degree Planning
and Tracking Tools
Academic Advising
and Coaching
Learning Analytics
Personalized Learning in postsecondary education is best understood as a set of practices that emphasize effective course design, use emerging technologies to improve learner engagement with content, and empower instructors with the information and tools needed to execute good teaching.
The best PL programs are mission driven.
Examples of Personalized Learning in Higher Ed Student-centered advising (IPASS)
Instructional content delivery through digital and adaptive learning
Coaching and tutoring assistance powered by student data
Competency-based education
What is Adaptive Learning?
“As an approach to creating a personalized learning experience for students, adaptive learning takes a sophisticated, data-driven, and in some cases, non-linear approach to instruction and remediation, adjusting to a learner’s interactions and demonstrated performance level and subsequently anticipating what types of content and resources learners’ need at a specific point in time to make progress.”
Source: Tyton Partners, "Learning to Adapt: Understanding the Adaptive Learning Supplier Landscape," April 2013.
Adaptive learning technologies typically use one or more learning science methods to inform product design.
COGNITIVE SCAFFOLDING VISUAL CUES PRIMING
ZONE OF PROXIMAL
DEVELOPMENT
KNOWLEDGE SPACE THEORY
INDUCTIVE LOGIC
PROGRAMMING
ACTIVE RECALL SPACED REPETITION
SPATIAL-TEMPORAL REASONING
Well designed adaptive learning experiences (and products) have common attributes and approaches.
• What students should know and be able to do at the end of the learning experience (lesson, unit, course)
Learning Outcomes
• Exposition and multimedia activities that foster active student engagement and lay foundations for future study
Instructional Content
• Scaffolded practice that promotes learning-by-doing and assesses simultaneously (followed by summative assessment)
Activities & Assessments
APLU Adaptive Courseware GrantCross-Institution Collaboration
Targeting similar programs and courses Adopting from a list of approved
adaptive courseware suppliers and products
Sharing information within the cohort by campus-based program managers
Common reporting requirements
Faculty Engagement Methods
Incentives (money, time, teaching support)
Training and instructional design support
Department-level adoption decisions
Peer learning communities
Senior leadership investment and recognition
Adaptive Courseware Suppliers & Products1. Acrobatiq
2. Cerego (Macroeconomics, Introduction to Statistics)
3. Cengage Learning Mindtap (Cerego)
4. CogBooks
5. Fishtree
6. Fulcrum Labs
7. Knewton
8. LeAP by D2L
9. Learning Objects
10. LoudCloud
11. Lumen Waymaker
12. McGraw-Hill Education ALEKS and Smartbook
13. Macmillan Learning Curves
14. Open Learning Initiative at Carnegie Mellon University
15. Open Learning Initiative at Stanford University
16. OpenStax Tutor
17. Pearson MyLab and Mastering with Adaptive Practice
18. Realizeit
19. Smart Sparrow
20. WileyPlus with ORION (Snapwiz)
Personalized Learning and Organizational Leadership Personalized Learning is labor
and resource intensive.
Successful programs exhibit strong alignment of senior and department leaders.
Contract instructors are often better candidates for PL than tenure-track and tenured faculty.
Financial and production models designed for online course development do not always work well in personalized learning programs.
Deans and Department Heads• Provide Resources• Maintain Accountability
Faculty and Instructors• Understand course/program goals• Align assessment to content• Maximize value of in-class time• Use data to monitor progress
Provosts and Academic Affairs• Establish Goals• Provide Cover• Celebrate Success
Getting StartedPosition as a Student Success Effort
Target High D/W/F Courses
Get the Provost’s Attention
Engage Department Heads
Look for Existing Courseware Use
Expect More Instructor Interest
Start With Off-the-Shelf Products
Use CWiC Framework to Support Courseware Evaluation
Expect Success Only After 3 Terms
Track and Report Key Metrics
Evaluate Impact on Underserved Students
Personalized Learning as a Team Sport
Online & Physical Learning Spaces• LMS and Collaboration Tools• Adaptive Learning Platforms• Flexible Learning Spaces• Labs and Tutoring Centers
Thought Partnerships• Departmental and Disciplinary Colleagues• Technology and Content Suppliers• Information Technology & Research Offices• Librarians!
Implementation Management• Instructional Design Support• Team-Based Development• Building for Scale• Iterating on Initial Design
(NOT Starting Over)
Components of Comprehensive Faculty Support
Discussion Questions Where is the real investment in moving toward personalized
learning? Is it in cost of the technology, faculty development, or student support?
What is the comparative investment in traditional v. adaptive approaches? What is the relative return on investment? We have to consider upfront costs, one-time implementation costs, ongoing costs for maintenance, training, research, redevelopment.
Beyond the ability of adaptive technologies to deliver required functionality, what are your concerns about implementing or scaling use of these solutions?
More Questions?
Meaghan DuffSenior Director, Professional Learning
AppendixUseful Slides Not Presented
Courseware in Context Framework