Spotlight on Personalized Learning

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On Personalized Learning


The Education Week Spotlight on Personalized Learning is a collection of articles hand-picked by our editors for their insights on:

  • Digital badges as an alternative to traditional grading
  • How Race to the Top districts are embracing individualized instruction
  • Implementing competency-based learning
  • Replacing seat-time mandates with requirements for demonstrated competency
  • The promises and challenges of using digital tools to personalize learning

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'Digital Badges' Would Represent Students' Skill Acquisition
Initiatives seek to give students permanent online records for skills they have developed that they could then use when applying to college or for jobs.
June 13, 2012 - Digital Directions

Colleges Use 'Digital Badges' to Replace Traditional Grading
K-12 educators designing digital badge programs can look to a handful of examples in higher education for guidance on this new achievement-tracking technique.
June 13, 2012 - Digital Directions

Districts Gear Up for Race to Top Scramble
$400 million in federal grants will go to districts aiming to embrace certain education redesign priorities.
June 4, 2012 - Education Week

FOCUS ON: STUDENT PROFICIENCY
N.H. Schools Embrace Competency-Based Learning
Newfound Regional High School is part of an aggressive statewide effort to make learning more about mastery and less about seat time.
February 7, 2012 - Education Week

New England Project Aims to Use 'i3' Aid for Innovative Learning Approaches
Student-created, teacher-guided learning experiences can take place beyond the traditional classroom setting.
July 12, 2011 - Education Week

Schools Use Digital Tools to Customize Education
Educators are turning to technology and different teaching and learning approaches to provide more personalized learning experiences for students.
March 14, 2011 - Education Week

State, Local Policies Seen to Slow Personalized Learning
Digital advancements are forcing policymakers to rethink policies addressing student use of mobile devices, online textbooks, and social networking sites for learning.
March 14, 2011 - Education Week

Commentary
Fighting the Enemies of Personalized Learning
Technology has the potential to boost individualized instruction or drive it into the ground, Joseph S. Renzulli argues.
February 28, 2012 - Education Week

Commentary
People vs. 'Personalization'
Schools need to retain the human element of learning in their use of new technologies, Susan Sandler writes.
February 24, 2012 - Education Week

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