MaharaUK 09 - James and Philip, ULCC - Let's get personal

Let’s get Personal! The Personalisation Agenda

Wednesday 15th July

Institute of Education

University of London

Ewan McIntosh (4iP)

When asked what he took from the JISC

Conference 09;

“ we should all think about what we‟re doing

from the perspective of the person who is

going to use it”

Let’s Get Personal

The Cultural Challenge

The way we learn is changing

1. individual social

2. Information communication

3. Passive interactive

4. institutional tools personalised tools

The Cultural Challenge

Managing expectations…

"Look at why (facebook) is so popular and how to

harness that for student involvement in matters

academic.“

Curriculum Champs list discussion

Task One

Representing your stakeholder group, provide 3 bullet

points to describe how you benefit from

„Personalisation‟.

– Senior Management

– Practitioners

– Learners

e-Learning

Task One

Taking Ewan‟s point:

Consider what expectations learners

may have when enrolling on your

course…

Personalisation

‘The logic of education systems should

be reversed so that it is the system

that conforms to the learner, rather

than the learner to the system. This

is the essence of personalisation’.

Personalisation and Digital Technologies

http://www.futurelab.org.uk/resources/documents/opening_education/Personalisation_report.pdf

• Prior Learning

• Goals

• e-Portfolios

• Expectations

Pre-enrolment

Induction & Enrolment

Accredited

Learning

Initial

Assessment

Learning

Plan

Qualification(s)

Studying in the Cloud

• Social Networking

• Communication

• Collaboration

• Personalised

Progressing Learning

Assessment

Learning

Support

Reviewing

Progress

Evidence

Achievement

• Certification

• e-Portfolios

• Goals

• Expectations

Progression

Personalisation Model

Element Process

Ownership

Pedagogical

Focus

Key attributes ULCC choice

VLE Institution Course delivery • MIS Integrated

• Differentiated

Learning

Moodle

PLP Institution Tutorial Support • Target Setting

• Reviews

• Status

ULCC ILP

e-Portfolio:

Assessment

Institution Awarding Body • Criteria

• Tracking

• Verification

Assessment

Manager

e-Portfolio:

Learning Space

Learner Reflection and

showcase,

• User defined

• Transportable

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Personalisation of Learning15th July 2009

James Ballard & Philip Butler

enquiries@ulcc.ac.uk