Personalized/Adaptive Learning
Personalized Learning has been been a dream of educators forever, one that is reaching a tipping point in terms of the technologies available for realistic implementations. This marketplace opens to data-driven evaluation enabling learning experiences that cater to individual students learning styles and needs.
Opportunity Statement
While the venture prospects for Personalized Learning are awesome in the long term, short- and medium-term opportunities will likely need to be highly strategic, leveraging existing platforms, targeting specific audiences, and delivering focused, accountable results.
Prediction Source(s):
ZDnet – 2011 Top Learning Technologies
Posted in: Emerging Markets Poll
Dave Horn 9:10 pm on May 8, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
As the school I teach at caters to students with learning difficulties, each student has a different learning profile and as well this it the direction the ministry of education is shifting, so by having strategies in tools in place a school can shore up their section of a market, and as an individual it gives room for development as a consultant.
lisamallen 2:20 pm on May 9, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
As an Administrator in post-secondary, there is more and more demand for us, as an academic unit to be as accommodating to all people as much as possible. I think that, with this demand, there are lots of opportunities (venture-wise) for technologies to address this.
chrisaitken 2:23 pm on May 9, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Some companies are employing algorithms (Grockit, Khan) to create a highly adaptive and individual learning experience. Great market potential and lots of room for discussion as the idea could promote test mania.
janetb 4:51 pm on May 9, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
The ever-evolving affordances of technology have the capability of moving online education from “read this, answer that” status to truly interactive, personalized opportunities. As the demand for online education grows, this area has the potential to grow exponentially.
dubiend 5:11 pm on May 9, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Adaptive learning seems to fit in with the idea of universal design for learning. If you’re not familiar with the concept, it means that learning materials are adapted for use by many, not just those with special needs. That means it’s more likely to get used in a class room than technology that has to be implemented for a single student. The need for adaptive learning seems to be immense. However, one major obstacle I see is the huge amount of time needed to develop content that is sufficient for a broad range of knowledge levels (developmentally disabled to gifted).
Meggan Crawford 4:43 pm on May 10, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Finding ways to appeal to every student presents a challenge that technology may be highly able to meet, if the right people are at the wheel. Presenting education as a one on one relationship catered to individuals turns it into more than an assembly line and creates a dynamic opportunity for advancement.
troos 7:39 pm on May 10, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
The ability to be more selective and autonomous as a student is appealing in today’s world. This opening of educational choice through the use of technology can be a motivating factor for many of our high school students who seem to lack it under the (often) straight-jacket opportunities they have. Self-paced opportunities will allow more students to be successful in more challenging areas.
Hussain Luaibi 9:36 pm on May 11, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
The classical approach to learning has failed to give a chance to learners to choose the way they like to learn and as a result of that many educators feel they are ready to adopt any different approach that can break this rigidity in education. I think this project is important.
Hussain
mariefrancehetu 10:46 am on May 12, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
It would be my dream job to design and work on a project\program that provides personalized adaptive learning. Although I am presently a FSL teacher, my interests are not limited to teaching languages, but I would be interested in developing a program that caters to adult individuals.
gillian 8:13 pm on May 12, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
In researching e-portfolios for another course, I discovered Personal Learning Environments (PLEs). PLEs go far beyond e-portfolios as they include the integration of a whole host of web 2.0 tools for students to reach learning goals and present evidence of their learning through a variety of multimedia tools that suits their particular learning style and their educational interests. PLEs are definitely something I would be interested in exploring further.
For more information see the following websites: http://edutechwiki.unige.ch/en/Personal_learning_environment and http://www.educause.edu/Resources/7ThingsYouShouldKnowAboutPerso/171521.