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My name is Patrícia and i´m a mother of twins. I don´t get much sleep but i´m a dreamer.
I decided to join this course because I strongly believe pedagogy is the key to the human development.
I´m 42 but i´m still learning.

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As a certified trainer I work with young students and with adults.    I long to learn new strategies of communication, motivation and empowerment for the new challenges of the 21st Century.

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MOOC                           Yes I can - Empowering Student Learning                                   

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MOOC                           Yes I can - Empowering Student Learning                                   

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European Schoonet:
https://www.europeanschoolnetacademy.eu/web/yes-i-can-empowering-student-learning

Diana Rhoten on Sparking Student Interests with Informal Learning (Big Thinkers Series): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBN4j4rZgrc

NESTT "Yes I Can"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7Q6DdneOZs#action=share

About nonformal learning. (2013)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iq0c43fUab4

Three whales of learning (2011)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWmZlZVBbeA#action=share

Formal and Informal Learning
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEcy8G_1kcA#action=share

The Shift from Engaging Students to Empowering Learners
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYBJQ5rIFjA

Padlet Tutorial:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5uUe9Tzyyo

NESTT Webinar 1: Formal, nonformal and informal learning

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrdTrtm_q6U&feature=player_embedded

How Do You Define Personalized Learning

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=12&v=CJqZrV-Xsgg

Types of Learners:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=ClVe2-68ygM

Personalized Learning: Teaching to the Students in the Back Row
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wDw33NLuT0

There Is More Than One Kind Of Intelligence
https://www.facebook.com/SustainableMan/videos/10155864292192909/

Future Ready: Personalized Learning Tied to Student Passion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5QT5EeyFsU

Interests Skills
https://do2learn.com/JobTIPS/DeterminingInterests/InterestsQuiz/Quiz.php

Occupational Themes
https://www.kyvc.org/assess.shtm

7 Principles of Personalized Learning

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=5&v=bYXFvYxYmcM

Personal Learning Paths

http://www.21things4teachers.net/pd-modules/personalized-learning-in-the-classroom/personal-learning-paths/

Flexible Classrooms: Making Space for Personalized Learning

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQkL5efkViw

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Module 2: Empowering students through personalised learning

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Module 2: Empowering students through personalised learning

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Summary
" During this module, course participants will have learned what personalized learning is and reflected on why it is important. They will also have learned about key techniques to use formative assessment to learn more about their students as a starting point to personalize their students learning. Further, they will have learned about seven concrete strategies how they can personalize their students learning. Moreover, they will have discussed the new role of the teacher and students in personalized learning environments, explored tools that can foster personalized learning and reflected on what kind of learning spaces foster personalized learning approaches. Finally, they will also have started to exchange on first ideas for their final course activity, the “Bridge the Learning Scenario”.

Reflect and share.
Personalise a learning task with two activities for two kinds of learners (high-skilled and low-skilled learners)
- for high-skilled learners: high-skilled learners enjoy challenges. I would allow choice. Iwould propose to: 1st: do a research on the matter and 2nd: be creative in the presentation of the results. (Explore nature or techonoly solutions for your presentation.) I would encorage exploration but with support.
- for low-skilled learners: i believe it is important to pre-teach vocabulary and context. After that, I would encorage students to learn more by working with their colleagues. Let´s do a cartoon story about this content, let´s display images, dialogues, information on a gameboard built by the students.

About your students’ interests and learning preferences:
How could you collect this information more systematically and make better use of it to support your students’ learning?
One of the strategies I use is direct observation. As a teacher and trainner I strongly believe in dialogue, in asking and providing feedback, in observing reactions, body language but specially in promoting communication between my students and me but also between themselves. It is important to observe, to learn and to change daily what i can to make my classes more attractive.

Some criteria for effective personalised learning.
I enjoy the idea of Incorporating Self-Reflection and Goal-Setting.
"Know Thyself" and realize who you are, what you like, what you can do and what you must learn. Specially realize how you can enjoy learning and became a long life learner.
Of course some tasks demand maturity and pre-knowladge but I believe that by envolving the learner in its own goal-setting the chances of sucess will increase. It takes self-responsability and autonomy but specially time and resources to become self-responsible and autonomous.

My contribution to the debate:
One of the most important skills you can help your student to conquer would be independence. So i strongly agree in allowing students to develop their own potential, to be self-confident and to be independent.

My working spaces:
I would happilly describe my working space as full of resources and tools to promote different approaches to learning. I would be lying. The spaces are too formal and outdated. I face this problem as a challenge and I demand more of myself in terms of social skills and imagination.

“Bridge the Learning Scenario”: Setp 1: ask students how they like to learn, what gives meaning to their learning habillity.

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Module 1: Building bridges between formal and informal learning 

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Module 1: Building bridges between formal and informal learning 

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Summary
" During this module, course participants will have learned about the key concepts of formal, non-formal and informal learning and have reflected on how these concepts apply to their own learning and that of their students. Upon having watched relevant content videos, they will have exchanged ideas with other course participants on how to better link their students’ learning in different learning settings, and strategies on how to support their students to become empowered learners."

Reflect and share.
About my students interests.
My young students are feeling highly demotivated and dependent on internet and social networks. Specially instagram. They have already several unsuccessful experiences at school and don´t believe in themselves.

Three instances when I learned something in a formal, non-formal or informal way.
I have a Master Degree in Pedadogy. This was a formal learning experience.
When I worked as a RH Techinician I attended an online webinar about Ethics. It was not evaluated and the main point of this presentation was to introduce all the workers to the company ethics. This was an informal learning experience.
I learner to cook by observing my Mother and Grandmother. This was my most important informal learning experience.
Linking non-formal/informal learning & formal learning.
My experience tells me you can´t learn surround by walls. You need to go outside, to learn to observe and to reflect about what you observe. Concepts and theories alone mean nothing if not projected to the environment that surround you.
Strategies to empower students in their formal & informal learning
I believe that my students learn better when they are challenged to self-direction and to teach their colleagues. The research and the contents development are supervised by me but they have margin to be creative and for personalized learning.
I also use this strategy to help them to lead with assessements without stress or anxiety.
A story of one student who struggled to get good grades, but succeeded in another field.
A few years ago, I had an adult trainee who was already in her fifties and had a long career in the fashion industry. She had lost all her life goals and didn´t realize how gifted she was for a new challenge: to work with senior citizens. By giving her full support and positive reinforcement she overcomed her fears and learning obstacules.