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#8: 7 tips to better define personalized learning

eSchool News

Personalized learning is a pretty well-known term, but educators have different definitions for personalized learning, making for a sometimes-confusing approach to its implementation. Targeted instruction: Instruction aligns to specific student needs and learning goals. Focus on the future.

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When Universal Design Promotes Inclusion of All Students

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UDL is based on the principle that there is no one-size-fits-all approach to teaching and learning and that instructional materials and methods should be flexible and adaptable to the needs of all students. In short, UDL is a launching point for providing personalized learning experiences.

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Let Learners Get in Their Zone (of Proximal Development)

Edsurge

Personalized learning” is a term that people take quite personally—and that leads to a variety of interpretations about what it means. If we’re okay with that soft definition, it will harm students,” he says. But just because each student has different needs does not mean that educators should move the goal post.

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Four Classroom-Ready Tips to Boost Reading Engagement and Drive Learning

Edsurge

Rather, it follows from nurturing a love of reading and closing the reading engagement gap—the discrepancy between how students engage with modern digital content and how they engage with traditional texts in school. Studies show that for students to remain engaged, they need texts that reflect their personal experiences.

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Why the Pandemic Forces Administrators to Rethink Attendance — and Interoperability

Edsurge

A binary data capture system that fails to incorporate measures of engagement and participation no longer suffices to characterize a student’s presence at school. From California to Connecticut , legislation is being written and revised to specifically tie attendance to learners’ documented interaction with instructional material.

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Savvas Announces New Math and Reading Solutions that Engage and Inspire Students While Giving Educators the Resources to Help All Learners Achieve

eSchool News

PARAMUS, NEW JERSEY — Savvas Learning Company is excited to announce new and enhanced math and reading solutions that engage and inspire students to learn, while giving educators the evidence-based instructional resources they need to accelerate learning and help all students achieve. “At

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Student seeks to create the ‘Netflix of online learning’

The Hechinger Report

Virtual tools give students alternative ways to grasp material, and to complete and submit their work. When interactive and dynamic, these tools can also provide opportunities for practice and student engagement. There are a lot of digital materials out there that may not be well-aligned with curricula,” she said.