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Addition of Memorable life experiences in profile is good idea to know about student. The addition of Memorable life experiences in the profile is a good idea to know about students. I believe for everyone something is memorable which can encourage students to do something new or relate it to their recent work.

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Addition of Memorable life experiences in profile is good idea to know about student. The addition of Memorable life experiences in the profile is a good idea to know about students. I believe for everyone something is memorable which can encourage students to do something new or relate it to their recent work.

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Pooja

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Enter  Survey for any course to know what learner expectations or Exit Survey to get an idea what they learnt and what their future plans.

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Enter  Survey for any course to know what learner expectations or Exit Survey to get an idea what they learnt and what their future plans.

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Pooja

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Which path, technology, or other forms for completing assignment or coursework, learners want to complete their assignment as per their interest. So that they can focus more on the course concepts. And the teacher can provide some options for the same assignments or tests. The UDL lens is a new way of learning where we can ask students interests.

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Which path, technology, or other forms for completing assignment or coursework, learners want to complete their assignment as per their interest. So that they can focus more on the course concepts. And the teacher can provide some options for the same assignments or tests. The UDL lens is a new way of learning where we can ask students interests.

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Pooja

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I already knew about Learner Profiles and their importance. I have had my primary and junior students complete simple learner profiles at the start of a school year. These are helpful when developing learning goals. It helps us look deeper and understand the strengths, needs and interests of the student.

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I already knew about Learner Profiles and their importance. I have had my primary and junior students complete simple learner profiles at the start of a school year. These are helpful when developing learning goals. It helps us look deeper and understand the strengths, needs and interests of the student.

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While reading Kathleen McClaske's blog and viewing the infograph, I learned about creating a learner profile using the UDL lens of  Access, Engage, Express. This is new learning for me .

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While reading Kathleen McClaske's blog and viewing the infograph, I learned about creating a learner profile using the UDL lens of  Access, Engage, Express. This is new learning for me .

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I would like to learn more about how to create a learner profile that uses the UDL lens of Access, Engage and Express. One that uses simple language so that students within the age group of 8-11 would be able to understand it and create their own learner profile. 

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I would like to learn more about how to create a learner profile that uses the UDL lens of Access, Engage and Express. One that uses simple language so that students within the age group of 8-11 would be able to understand it and create their own learner profile. 

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Students enjoyed the variety of assessment methods used and appreciated the opportunity to select assessment methods  that suited their personal learning styles.

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Students enjoyed the variety of assessment methods used and appreciated the opportunity to select assessment methods  that suited their personal learning styles.

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Formative assessment is used to provide benchmarks to confirm the suitability of instructional strategies and specific interventions for individual students as well as groups of students.

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Formative assessment is used to provide benchmarks to confirm the suitability of instructional strategies and specific interventions for individual students as well as groups of students.

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Learner Profiles help us get to know the learner and they help the students to learn more about themselves. I like the idea of digital learning profiles. In Scotland, we used online learning profiles where teachers and students had the ability to add information to the learning journey. Parents have access to these learning journals and clearly see where their child is at, what they are good at and what they need to work on with specific next steps. Students and teachers can work together to create relevant and achievable learning goals.

Laura

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I found the Learner Profile Infographic by Kathleen McClaskey informative. I am unfamiliar with the four steps she described, in particular, “Access”, “Engage” and “Express”. However, when I create learning profiles my students have always been actively involved in the process by following similar steps Kathleen described. It is interesting to learn new phrases and tools to help ensure Learner Profiles are created efficiently to progress throughout a student’s learning journey. I like how students are involved in the development of their learning profile and it is equally important to provide them with a choice on how they illustrate their strengths and needs. Following these steps illustrated in the infographic will allow teachers to guide students with consistency as they move from one grade to the next.

Laura

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I am intrigued to learn about Kathleen McClaskey’s “Personal Learning Backpack”. I feel like this a toolkit in which students will build upon as they learn new skills and gain new tools as they develop as whole learners. They can reach into their backpack and add to their backpack throughout their learning journey to ensure success. Their personal learning backpack will be unique to the learner and available to them for a lifetime.  I feel that, Personal Learning Backpacks, will provide each student with empowerment and the confidence they need to succeed.

In addition to Learner Profiles, how can we ensure young children under the age of 6/7 are actively involved in the creation of their profile, if they are not technologically familiar with avenues such as PowerPoint, Google Slides etc.?  How much ownership/responsibility for their learning can we give to children aged 3-6?

Laura

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Reading through Kathleen’s blog and articles attached, what perplexed me was that the age old learning profiles tools that we have been using are actually “harmless Fads” that encourage stereotyping and serve no real purpose.

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“Research conducted over 40 years has failed to show that individual attributes can be used to guide effective teaching practice. Rather than being a harmless fad, learning styles often perpetuates stereotyping and harmful teaching practices it is supposed to fight.” (Pashler et al, 2009).

The UDL lens that kathleen talks about along with the steps of Access, Engage and Express are new terms for me and even though they are deemed different from the traditional learner profile tools, I find that they too mean that the learner is actively involved in building their own learner profiles. Even with the traditional way of using learner profiles, whether by way of filling up a questionnaire, google slides or a self storyboard or a poem. Aren’t they at some level engaging the student in the same way as the UDL lens that kathleen talks about ?

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Up until now, i have only ever used the traditional tools of learning profiles to get to know more about the student but Kathleen Mcclaskey’s building of the learner profile using the UDL lens and the steps involving Access, Engage and Express although in her sample i can see that it is a lot up to the student to write about his strengths and challenges on his own without any questions that we usually administer in the LP to help them write down in shorter answers to give us an  insight into their personalities and learning styles. Also, how do we use Access, Engage and Express model with the younger kids ? or kids who have come from another country and do not have the writing skills needed and struggle with language ?

The PLB or the personal learning back pack is another tool that intrigues me and i would like to explore it further where the student himself advises what he would like to learn and what tools he would like to use.

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Something new that I learned is that some boards found that learner profiles promoted teaching to students strengths rather than their needs and weaknesses. Their strengths were used to improve learning, which led to students developing greater self-confidence and self-actualization

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I love the idea of having students involved in the process of creating their own learner profiles. It will be interesting to see how students view themselves and their strengths, weaknesses, etc. How can we use the UDL Lens to have young learners (age 6-7) involved in creating their learner profiles beyond the basic “All About Me” type of activities?

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I would like to have a quick and easy learner profile for the first day of class so that I can look over all of the learner types in my class and then tailor my classes to the main type of learner.

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I would like to have a quick and easy learner profile for the first day of class so that I can look over all of the learner types in my class and then tailor my classes to the main type of learner.

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Does anyone have this type of questionairre?

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My son was assigned an IEP in grade 6 (2008) which is one of the main reasons I went back to teachers college. He is now 26 years old and reads at the level of Grade 5. All of his teachers told him to take only workplace or essential courses in high school as he could not do the higher level courses. This was a myth. My son graduated from a 4 year Chemistry degree at university. Anything you believe you can do is within your grasp. I relate this story to any of my students with IEP's and let them know whatever they set their sites on is within their grasp!

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I have heard about Learner Profile as a tool to help teacher to get to know the learner. These are helpful when developing learning goals and in modifying the lesson plan to accommodate student/class strength and needs. It also help the students to develop a better understanding about themselves

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I have heard about Learner Profile as a tool to help teacher to get to know the learner. These are helpful when developing learning goals and in modifying the lesson plan to accommodate student/class strength and needs. It also help the students to develop a better understanding about themselves

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I found the Learner Profile Infographic by Kathleen McClaskey and the video that explains some specific practices for profile development very informative. Though I have used it I didn't know how much effective and powerful tool it is in developing a successful classroom environment and how students see it.

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I found the Learner Profile Infographic by Kathleen McClaskey and the video that explains some specific practices for profile development very informative. Though I have used it I didn't know how much effective and powerful tool it is in developing a successful classroom environment and how students see it.

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Though the Learners profile is a powerful tool I would like to know how to incorporate this in a lower grades where students can't answer it and how effective it is in modifying the lesson plans to accommodate the students need.  Will the parents contribution be effective in that case.

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Though the Learners profile is a powerful tool I would like to know how to incorporate this in a lower grades where students can't answer it and how effective it is in modifying the lesson plans to accommodate the students need.  Will the parents contribution be effective in that case.

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Learner profiles help teachers get to know their students and build rapport while understanding their learning styles and preferences Learner profiles give students the opportunity to advocate for themselves because they can express who they are as individuals and their learning needs 

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Learner profiles help teachers get to know their students and build rapport while understanding their learning styles and preferences Learner profiles give students the opportunity to advocate for themselves because they can express who they are as individuals and their learning needs 

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Schools could consult with out-of-school professionals to review the instructional strategies and their impact on students- who do these professionals include? If we move away from serving our students based on their learning style, how do we encourage them to learn and demonstrate their learning in flexible and innovative ways?

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Schools could consult with out-of-school professionals to review the instructional strategies and their impact on students- who do these professionals include? If we move away from serving our students based on their learning style, how do we encourage them to learn and demonstrate their learning in flexible and innovative ways?

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How do I balance family engagement and student voice and goals as they approach senior grades even though both parties may have different or conflicting desires for a post-secondary pathway? After students complete learner profiles, how do I build independent learners even when the student is aware of their learning experience, styles, etc.? This is something I struggle with. Students may understand their strengths and desires as learners but don’t always know how to seek support. How do we keep students accountable for the goals they set while integrating them with the curriculum? Often I find that students will set their goals but they don’t always revisit them throughout the year. 

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How do I balance family engagement and student voice and goals as they approach senior grades even though both parties may have different or conflicting desires for a post-secondary pathway? After students complete learner profiles, how do I build independent learners even when the student is aware of their learning experience, styles, etc.? This is something I struggle with. Students may understand their strengths and desires as learners but don’t always know how to seek support. How do we keep students accountable for the goals they set while integrating them with the curriculum? Often I find that students will set their goals but they don’t always revisit them throughout the year. 

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“It’s amazing how much we don’t know what we don’t know.”

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“It’s amazing how much we don’t know what we don’t know.”

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I figured if I’m going to share UDL and the Learner Profile, I needed to see how it worked for me as a learner first.

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I want to learn more about Kathleen McClask s’ infographic learner profile.i think this way of presentation of student learning data is less time consuming ,we can come to know at first glance about the step where we need to work on. How can we encourage the students to learn in particular way if he/she is not comfortable in that approach and that is only effective way to teach a particular topic.

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Learning profile and students profile are just keeping the record of their grades, strengths and weaknesses.

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Learning profile is combination of Cultural connections and experiences, Languages spoken, Things the student is good at, Memorable life experiences, How they like to unwind and relax, Likes and interests, Dislikes and things they avoid, How they like to learn and what helps, Things that make it hard for them to learn,What they do when they need help.
Baljinder kaur

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The different and new strategies that we can use based on learning profiles in evaluation and assessment.
Baljinder kaur

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I suppose you would ask students to share but this seems a bit odd - AK

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There is so much to these! They cost money and are treated like gold by some parents. I have made them in University and seen my students' but know there is a lot more here.

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The UDL Lens of Access, Engage and Express in a learner profile  would give learner  an opportunity tell their story of who they are, how they learn and what they aspire to be.This will help them to tell everything deeply about themselves.
Nazukdeep

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Learner profile helps teacher to learn more about student.It helps to know where the students were at when they firstly come to school and their past experiences and types of supports that have been successful in the past and then find the ways in which students will learns best.

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Learner profile helps teacher to learn more about student.It helps to know where the students were at when they firstly come to school and their past experiences and types of supports that have been successful in the past and then find the ways in which students will learns best.

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Nazukdeep

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Significant time is required to follow UDL guidelines and apply its principles.How can we tackle this problem?

Nazuk

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Learner Profiles help students to share information about themselves as a learner (skills, strengths, interests, life experiences, and potential barriers to learning). Learner Profiles can be created at the beginning of the semester and added to throughout the learning period. Profiles can be created in the form of a Google Slides presentation that the student creates about themselves or Google form with questions students answer. Overall, learner profiles help teachers better understand their students and develop assessments with them in mind.
-Shelby

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In the article “Here’s everything you need to know about Learner Profiles”, Lynch comments on the fact that it can be difficult to create a thorough leaner profile for all of your students: “But with so many students in your classroom, how can you get to know each of them on an individual level?” This made me think about how generally each student creates a learner profile of some type in each of their four courses in high school. I find by the time students get to their fourth period class, they’re tired of talking about themselves. I wonder if it would be more effective for students to work on one more detailed learning profile throughout the day that could be shared amongst their teachers. This learner profile could also be added on to at the beginning of second semester too.
-Shelby

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I’d like to learn more about developing learner profiles with students. I read the secondary learner profile from New Zealand’s Guide to Developing Learner Profiles that was created with the student and found it to be very comprehensive. I’m wondering how long it took to compile such a detailed learner profile? Was each section of the learner profile completed each day? What kind of scaffolding was put in place to help students when creating their learner profiles?
-Shelby

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How to differentiate between personal learning habits (learning science) and personal learning styles. According to the Make Learning Personal blog teachers should stop using learning styles and start using learning science.

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Learning profiles should begin at the start of the learning cycles and is used as a recording tool for student's progress, learning and assessments.

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How to move away from catering to learning styles and learning how to use learning habits to determine instruction and learning needs.
Andrea P.