Personalizing Learning in the 21st Century

Personalizing Learning in the 21st Century brings together contributions from a wide range of educationalists interested in the idea of personalizing learning. Although the book is intended primarily for teachers and policy makers, it will be of interest to many others, in health education, consultancy, management, research and development, and industrial training. Reading this book should be a personalized learning experience for each and every one of us. >

Foreword by Tim Brighouse

Introduction to the Contributions - Personalization: Is there a consensus?  The Challenge: ICT and Personalized Learning

1. Harnessing technology to personalize the learning experience

Diana Laurillard

Policy Papers

2. The paradox of choice and personalization

Sara de Freitas

3. Personalization in the Curriculum: A view from learning theory

Helen Beetham

4. Leadership for Personalizing Learning

John West-Burnham

5. Personalizing Learning: ICT enabling universal access

Neil McLean

6. Aimhigher, widening participation to higher education and personalized learning

Graeme Atherton

7. Workforce Reform and Personalized Learning

Chris Yapp

Practice Papers

8. Personalized Learning: Personalized schooling

Derek Wise  9. Personalized Learning in Practice: Challenges, approaches and ICT

Bob Banks

10. Knowledge and Skills for Individuals: A tiered approach

Rob Arntsen and Tom Holland

11. Personal Learning Tools and Environments: Their role in supporting the independent lifelong learner

Sarah Davies

12. Personalized Learning: A failure to collaborate?

Malcolm Moss

13. Online Learning: Can communities of practice deliver personalization in learning?

14. e-Portfolios: A personal space for learning and the learner voice

Shane Sutherland

15. Designing Spaces for Personalizing Learning: Spaces for personalizing learning or personalizing spaces for learning?

Tom Franklin and Jill Armstrong  16. Personalized Learning and Accessibility: Adaptability at the point of delivery

Alistair McNaught and John Sewell

17. Personalized e-Learning in Primary and Secondary Education: The impact of inconsistent definitions and goals

Rachada Monthienvichienchai

18. Personal Learning with Mobile and Wireless Technologies

Ros Smith

19. Enabling Personalization through Context Awareness

Laura Naismith

Focus Group Discussion

20. Personalizing Learning: Is there a shared vision?

Sara de Freitas, Chris Dickinson and Chris Yapp

Afterword

William H. Dutton

About the authors

Index