http://www.eschoolnews.com/2012/02/21/mass-customized-learning-the-key-to-education-reform/ Just another eSchool Media site Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:37:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://www.eschoolnews.com/2012/02/21/mass-customized-learning-the-key-to-education-reform/comment-page-1/#comment-127872 markjoslin23 Tue, 06 Mar 2012 07:53:36 +0000 http://www.eschoolnews.com/?p=95742#comment-127872 "Mass customized learning seems a very promising concept. How it actually develops into a system will depend a lot on the flexibility, adaptability, accessibility and the quality of the resources. We're talking about students learning on interactive platforms that can offer free content personalized to their learning style and level, and enable real-time feedback to parents, teachers, or tutors. We are talking about great content and engaging delivery. The closest I’ve seen so far in this regard is a hyper-interactive enhanced Algebra resource developed by CK12 and Wolfram together. I think you should check it out. www.ck12.org/about/ck12-wolfram-algebra " “Mass customized learning seems a very promising concept. How it actually develops into a system will depend a lot on the flexibility, adaptability, accessibility and the quality of the resources. We’re talking about students learning on interactive platforms that can offer free content personalized to their learning style and level, and enable real-time feedback to parents, teachers, or tutors.
We are talking about great content and engaging delivery. The closest I’ve seen so far in this regard is a hyper-interactive enhanced Algebra resource developed by CK12 and Wolfram together. I think you should check it out. http://www.ck12.org/about/ck12-wolfram-algebra
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]]> http://www.eschoolnews.com/2012/02/21/mass-customized-learning-the-key-to-education-reform/comment-page-1/#comment-106856 jumarqui Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:36:28 +0000 http://www.eschoolnews.com/?p=95742#comment-106856 I like the concept of customizable mass education. It works and works well for basic skills, but the concept is still in its infancy for teaching higher order thinking skills and creative thinking. Once someone develops a system that can teach children to be innovative thinkers, I'll get behind this all the way. Currently, the closest thing we have to this is game-based learning, and educational games are about as developed as adaptive learning technology that can teach children how to think rather than what to think. For more on the limitation of adaptive learning tech see my post on the Khan academy: http://bit.ly/A0qNr2 @drjwmarquis I like the concept of customizable mass education. It works and works well for basic skills, but the concept is still in its infancy for teaching higher order thinking skills and creative thinking. Once someone develops a system that can teach children to be innovative thinkers, I’ll get behind this all the way. Currently, the closest thing we have to this is game-based learning, and educational games are about as developed as adaptive learning technology that can teach children how to think rather than what to think.
For more on the limitation of adaptive learning tech see my post on the Khan academy: http://bit.ly/A0qNr2
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