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Collaborative problem solving among students involves:
- joint recognition and understanding the nature of a problem
- communication, negotiation and exchange towards plan to address the problem,
- coordinated action to carry out the plan,
- monitoring of the progress
- if necessary, the adaption of the strategy

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A personal learning path is an approach that emphasizes learner-specific goals related to the learning objective, as well as preferences for the kinds of products they produce or they manner in which they demonstrate competency of an objective. It also refers to the path that a learner elects on their own after assessing knowledge on a subject.

Students should have personal learning paths that encourage them to set and manage their individual academic goal. While it is daunting for most students to start personalizing their learning completely, teachers can help by customizing some suggested learning pathways for students that offer students choice in the way they learn and the products they create.

For a personal learning path to be truly successful for students, they must feel as though they are in control of their experiences. The teacher allows them to choose which activities to complete, how they will receive the content and be assessed. The key is to make the learner feel like they have a direct say in the learning process, rather than telling them how, what, and when they are going to learn. So in a classroom of 30 students how do you as a teacher control this learning and ensure that all your students are successful?

Your district may want to invest in a learning management system that provides content and tracks the learning of a student. They may allow students to enroll in online learning courses that adapt to the learner. These are costly and many districts cannot afford to go this route.

There are numerous ways for teachers to assist students to create their own personal learning paths. There are very inexpensive ways to do this as well as commercial products that districts can purchase. In this course we are featuring free resources.

Steps:

1. Students need to set learning goals for the objectives as well as create periodic milestones for progress. There are several resources for creating plans and checklists. Briefly look at each of the below resources. Students can use these individually, or the teacher can ask the class to identify areas of curiosity and interest using one of these resources. See the Padlet example created by Jan Harding.

Resource Name Age Level Description

Lino

K-12

Lino is an online sticky note service that is used to post memos, to-do lists, ideas, and photos anywhere on an online web canvas. It allows you to collaborate with others. Click on Give It A Shot to try this free online tool. You can also see a lino on How To Lino. Lino is available as an app for multiple platforms.

Padlet

3-12

Padlet is a virtual wall that lets you post ideas and topics like a bulletin board. You can then share the images, videos, documents, and text to and from multiple devices. These can easily be shared on social network sites, by email, or embedded on a webpage or blog. Others can subscribe to your Padlet page.

Trello

K-12

Trello is a community board you set up where you can put notes, questions, and to-do lists for others to read and to respond. It is available as a web application, an iPad and iPhone app, and an Android app. Many of the features are outlined on this tutorial Trello board.

2. Students can learn by viewing videos and listening to podcasts. Check out at least two of these resources. They can also view presentations (e.g. Power Point, Prezi, etc.), read articles or texts you assign, participate in discussion boards online, etc. (Consider using a Learning Management System such as Schoology, Blackboard, Moodle, or Edmodo to house some of your learning artifacts for students). Many teachers have students participate in station activities to get the information needed to create their learning artifacts.

Resource Name Age Level Description

Teacher Tube

K-12

A safe educational video community for students, teachers and parents

PBS Learning Media

K-12

There are thousands of digital resources to choose from here. (Videos, games, audio, photos, lesson plans and more)

YouTube

K-12

Check out the YouTube for Education page. You can create your own channel and download videos to use in your classroom. Be sure to follow the copyright and fair use rules covered earlier in Be Legal and Fair.

iTunes U K-12
iTunesU is a portal of educational content in both audio and video formats available for play using the iTunes media player. Content includes lessons, course materials and more. Over 600 universities have active iTunesU sites, and distribute their content publicly at the iTunes Store. To access iTunesU, launch and search through iTunes.

50 Educational
Podcasts

K-12

This is a listing of 50 educational podcasts from NPR to Grammar Girl.

3. Creating Flexible Learning Paths for students is a step toward personalizing learning. As students spend time in a personalized classroom, they can begin to develop their own learning pathways. Here is an example of a teacher created Flexible Learning Path. Consider having students develop their own once they become familiar with personalized learning.

Assessment is extremely important in assuring student success. Students need some form of direction and feedback.Feedback needs to be timely as well as constructive. Assessment can take many forms. Check out the sites below for ideas for assessment.

a.Edulastic was launched in 2014 and has personalized powerful assessments for students. There are two versions, a free version, or an enterprise version for districts. Teachers can create customized next-generation assessments with items from publishers or from their own curriculum. They can choose from drag & drop, sentence response, graphing and more than 40 other technology-enhanced question types. Like Quizalize, teachers will receive a report showing where they can adapt instruction.

b. Next check outQuizhub. There are 100's of interactive quiz games for students in many different curricular areas. The site is subscription based, but students can play the games for free by clicking on them.

c. There are many interactive practice sites for students. They can be used for practice, remediation, formative or summative purposes. To check out additional resources go toEvaluation & Assessment 21Thing 17.

4. The resources above are just the tip of the iceberg. Resources will continue being developed to assist in creating personal learning paths. In the 21 Things course we test out each resource and provide those that we think are tried and true.

For your assignment in this section, choose one resource from each section above that would be helpful as you go through your own learning path. Share the resources with your instructor that you would use to assist in your own learning path.

Click here to move on to Competency Based Progression

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A personal learning path is an approach that emphasizes learner-specific goals related to the learning objective, as well as preferences for the kinds of products they produce or they manner in which they demonstrate competency of an objective. It also refers to the path that a learner elects on their own after assessing knowledge on a subject.

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- Varied strategies
- Just in time - Direct instruction
- choice and voice
- master based assessment
- choice of demonstrating learning
- Flexible pacing
- coplanning learning

personalized learning always involves these core four elements
- targeted instruction,
- data-driven decisions,
- flexible content, and
- student reflection and ownership.

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We have a few answers to this question. One is that personalized learning always involves these core four elements - targeted instruction, data-driven decisions, flexible content, and student reflection and ownership. Check out our Core Four white paper for a more detailed description of these elements, as well as classroom examples.

Another answer is that, "it depends" - we believe strongly in the design thinking process, and that school leaders and teachers are in the best place to put together instructional models that meet the needs of their students. Check out this great blog post on the process by my colleague, Kelly!

That being said, we realize that we can never answer this question enough. In response to this demand, here is a short collection of videos, photos, artifacts, and teacher testimonies that we hope will help illustrate what personalized learning could look like at your school or district. Some of these examples are from Education Elements districts and schools, and some are from other places!

Personalized learning is: Incorporating Self-Reflection and Goal-Setting

In Middletown, NY , the school culture incorporates student reflection and goal-setting starting with the youngest grades. Check out these classroom photos of goal-setting artifacts.

From a Middletown teacher: "[Students] use a Google form, and t
he forms are sent to me automatically so I am able to instantaneously see how they are self-assessing. It gives them a sense of accountability and it also lets me be aware of how they think they did... I use their self-assessment to help guide my instruction and to help group them for math and ELA." Check out this classroom teacher as she talks about her approach to Student Ownership & Reflection
Personalized Learning is: Flexible & Intentional Master Schedules

In Wake County, NC, school leaders at Rogers Lane Elementary School have created a master schedule that's aligned to their three core principles: Agents of Change, Out of this World Learning, and Intentional and Reciprocal Relationships. While it's still a work in progress, the schedule does a wonderful job of showing the back-end work it takes to explicitly incorporate co-teaching, multi-level classrooms, student choice, and blocks for targeted small-group instruction.

Additionally, to help parents and students better understand how this schedule would affect a student's daily experience, Rogers Lane created a "Day in the Life of" Primer .
Check out this classroom teacher as she talks about her approach to Flexible Path and Pace Check out this video from a high school teacher, where she describes how she has students use a digital tool to demonstrate their ability to collect and analyze data from a field exercise.
Personalized Learning is: Using Digital Content and Tools in a Purposeful Way - Flexible Path and Pace
Check out from an elementary school teacher about how he uses a portfolio of digital content tools in his classes. These last 2 videos are part of a larger collection of great this video videos from BetterLesson on blended learning strategies.

Personalized Learning is: Incorporating Personalized Playlists

Many personalized learning classrooms incorporate flexible pacing by having students go through content via playlists. However, not all playlists are personalized.

My colleague Brittany, in partnership with teachers and school leaders at Rochester School District, NH, put together this helpful Playlist Building 101 Guide that describes how to build a personalized learning playlist.

Personalized Learning is: Planning for Flexible Seating
Photo: Loudoun County Public Schools (VA), Twitter #LoudounPL Photo: Loudoun County Public Schools (VA), Twitter #LoudounPL

Flexible seating is a popular strategy because it is a physical manifestation of targeted, fluid instruction. With a focus on student choice and comfort, flexible seating is a great way to convey to students, "You matter."

Edutopia has a terrific article specifically focused on flexible seating at the high school level, including classroom photos and teacher testimonies. Ashley Rice Broomfield, a 1st grade teacher, shares, " I am in my 13th year of teaching, but this is my first year incorporating flexible seating into my classroom. I will never go back to traditional seating."

EdSurge also has a great post on 10+ brain-based methods to redesign your classroom, and how to include your students in the redesign process. We love this quote: "A good friend of mine often reminds me that we aren't raising a class of second graders, but in fact, we are raising future adults. She says, 'If they're old enough to do it for themselves, they should not only be allowed to, but expected to do so.'"

Finally, see these pictures above from our awesome partners in Loudoun County Public Schools, VA!

check out the BONUS:#LoudounPL hashtag for more amazing pictures of how Loudoun County schools are personalizing learning.

Personalized Learning is: Involving Students in Grading Conversations

Prolific blogger Catlin Tucker offers another great strategy - including "grade interviews" with students. Tucker shares, " As grade reporting approaches, I sit down with every single student for a grade interview. Students come to these grade interviews prepared with a formal argument. These conversations are invaluable. Students walk away knowing exactly what they need to work on or what they are doing well. Also, I feel like I know my students so much better because we sit down and chat about their learning every 5-6 weeks!" Check out her full blog post !

Additionally, student-led conferences (SLC's) can be a great way to engage both students and parents in reflection. In an SLC, a student might not only explain what progress he or she is making, but why it is that progress is occurring. This Edutopia post has a great set of resources on SLC's, sourced from articles like this Atlantic piece to protocols and videos of SLC's in action.

To learn more about how these examples build on the core four elements of personalized learning, check out our white paper.

More Personalized Learning reading

Blog: Personalizing Learning: Getting it Right

Blog: Personalizing Learning: Reflection and Goal-Setting

Blog: How to Pick the Right Instructional Model for Your Classroom

Blog: Personalizing Learning: Flexible Pace & Path

Blog: Personalizing Learning: Targeted Instruction

Blog: Personalizing Learning: Collaboration & Creativity

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Six Examples of What Personalized Learning Looks Like

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Personalized learning takes different forms in different classrooms - here are six examples of what personalized learning looks like.

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Think
Create
Innovate
Inquire
Discover
Collaborate
Connect
Explore
Dream
Research

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Show me what you learned!

Show me what I want you to know!

What I knew before vs what I learned now and how I can apply it to real life!.

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Personalized Instruction!
customize the curriculum to the abilities and interests of an individual student
instead of education for the masses, tailor the education to the learner

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1) experiential learning
2) student voice
3) embracing failure

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Diana Laufenberg: How to learn? From mistakes

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Long term process that changes and influences your knowledge skills and attitudes
3 categories:

Formal: planned and purposed, takes palace in school's environment

Informal: happens in everyday situations

Non formal: flexible and voluntarily, planned and purposed, takes place in different situations and environments,

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If the knowledge is related to the realities and experiences that they best know then they could feel more engaged to the learning process => expand the curriculum to local territory

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Personalized Learning: Three Ideas for Your Class

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- school /public library
- museums, theater
- get in touch with nature
- laboratories
- clubs
- radio, film video,

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- school dropout
- school failure
- socioeconomic & educational inequalities
- inclusion of refugees and ethnic minorities

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Reflect on how we can empower our students to learn better in different learning settings by creating synergies between learning in different settings. Personalised learning and collaborative learning are both innovative teaching approaches that empower students in their own learning.

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Survey for students: "How do you like to learn?"

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Survey for students: "How do you like to learn?"

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Every kid has an interest. Sometimes he doesn’t know what it is, sometimes he can’t articulate it. But every kid has an interest and that is a fundamental belief. It is not only about helping that kid identifying the interest but progress through that interest, become more advanced.

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Every kid has an interest. Sometimes he doesn’t know what it is, sometimes he can’t articulate it. But every kid has an interest and that is a fundamental belief. It is not only about helping that kid identifying the interest but progress through that interest, become more advanced.

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Diana Rhoten on Sparking Student Interests with Informal Learning (Big Thinkers Series)