What is personalized learning?

1. What is
Personalized
Learning?

2. “Personalization refers to instruction that is
paced to learning needs, tailored to learning
preferences and tailored to the specific
interests of different learners. In an
environment that is fully personalized, the
learning objective and content as well as the
method and pace may all vary (so
personalization encompasses differentiation
and individualization).”

3. Read the comparisons…

4. Using what you know from EDLL
3351 and Guided Reading…how
might being engaged in a guided
reading group this semester
connect with personalized
learning?

5. PL and Guided Reading
▪ Starts with the learner (based on student
level and need)
▪ Connects with interests (books typically
chosen based on level and interest)
▪ Different objectives (during the reading, one
student might need fluency, another decoding
and another comprehension).
▪ Assessment as learning (real reading!)
▪ Teachers create independent learners! (the
goal of guided reading)
Here are a few
connections I made.
Did you make others?

6. Looking at the lesson plan that you will use this semester, where
can you see that personalized learning may be incorporated? ( for
a clearer picture, this lesson plan is an attachment in the module).

7. Looking at the lesson plan that you will use this semester, where
can you see that personalized learning may be incorporated? ( for
a clearer picture, this lesson plan is an attachment in the module).

8. Module Assignment:
This semester, you will work with a reading group using guided
reading. Please submit the first names of the students you are
working with, their reading level AND a beginning focus. This focus
might be fluency, a comprehension strategy (such as inferring or
predicting), or vocabulary.

9. As college- and career-ready standards become
a reality across the nation, educators and
system leaders are increasingly exploring new
models of
teaching and learning that are more responsive
to the needs of all students in our elementary
and secondary schools. Known as learner-
centered, student centered, or personalized
learning these approaches require a rethinking
of the teaching and learning practices that
have predominated public school instruction.
August 2015
Jobs for the Future and the Council of Chief State School Officers