Background

• Started in summer of 2014
• Developed definitions of personalized learning, teaching, and educational technology
• Built crosswalks between the definitions and Educator Effectiveness Model
• Develop tool to assess the current level of personalized learning
• Personalized Learning Initiative Summit

Gregg Dionne: Supervisor of the Curriculum and Instruction Unit

dionneg@michigan.gov

Definition: Personalized Learning

• Personalized learning occurs when the student has a degree of choice over his or her education in terms of delivery, context, and pacing.
• Individual outcomes and how proficiency will be demonstrated is collaboratively defined. The student’s interests, experiences, and abilities guide his or her learning, making new information more relevant and meaningful.
• This approach has the potential to build the student’s capacity and desire to learn beyond the scope of the curriculum and the confines of the classroom.

Definition: Personalized Teaching

• Personalized teaching is the continual collaboration between the teacher and the student with the teacher facilitating, mentoring, and monitoring of student choices about personal learning plans.
• It incorporates flexibility within the learning environment to allow student needs to drive instructional strategies, assessments, use of time, and materials.
• By connecting a student’s instruction to his or her personal interests, experiences, and abilities, a greater sense of ownership and efficacy is fostered in the student.

Definition: Educational Technology

• Educational technology is essential to the implementation of personalized learning. When used effectively, educational technology increases the access and engagement of educators and students in a system designed to adapt to the needs of the learner and support the customization of the learner’s teaching and learning.

• Effective use of education technology increases the engagement of educators, students, and peers with learning goals by providing students with more control over their learning. 

Definitions can be found here: bit.ly/pldefinitions15 

Background

• Started in summer of 2014
• Developed definitions of personalized learning, teaching, and educational technology
• Built crosswalks between the definitions and Educator Effectiveness Model
• Develop tool to assess the current level of personalized learning
• Personalized Learning Initiative Summit

Educator Effectiveness Model Crosswalks

bit.ly/danielsoncrosswalk