Students will examine theories and practices supporting personalized learning for children, youth, and educators. Personalized learning offers learners of all ages self-direction and choice over both the content and processes of learning and reflects the changing role of educators from teaching and telling to advising, coaching, and facilitating learning.
Athena Title
Personalized Learning
Non-Traditional Format
This course will be taught 95% or more online.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, students will be able to evaluate theories, models, and research on personalized learning and explain their implications for varied educational settings.
By the end of this course, students will be able to analyze structural supports and challenges in schooling and propose instructional responses that expand student agency and humanize learning.
By the end of this course, students will be able to design feasible personalized learning strategies that integrate learner identity, choice, and agency into curriculum, instruction, and assessment.
By the end of this course, students will be able to create and complete an individualized Personalized Learning Investigation that applies course concepts to the student’s professional context.
By the end of this course, students will be able to communicate reflective insights and engage peers in dialogic online interactions that support collaborative inquiry.
Topical Outline
-Theories, models, and research on personalized learning
-Structural supports and challenges in schooling and possible instructional responses to expand student agency and learning.
--Curriculum, instruction, and assessment design in support of personalized learning, including Universal Design for Learning (UDL).
-Genius Hour as a basis for personalized learning investigations.
