Personalised Learning
A Framework for e-Learning
          James Ballard
      CDE Lunchtime Session
Overview




    About Me
    Background: Personalisation Agenda
    Discussion: Ownership
    A Pedagogy for Personalisation
    A Framework for e-Learning
    What Next?
Innovation Projects


  DfES ICT Test Bed Project
  E-Portfolio Evaluation
  JISC/BECTA Transforming Curriculum Delivery
  Interoperability: Repository and Portfolio
  Distributed VLEs
  Online Assessment Management
  Transforming Assessment and Feedback
  Learning Analytics
Personalisation



      ‘The logic of education systems
      should be reversed so that it is the
                                                                                                ,
      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
Harnessing Technology
Personalised Learning




              Professional        Social




           National                   Personal




                      Institutional
Personalised Learning


                                       Social


              Professional




           National                   Personal




                      Institutional
Personalised Learning




              Professional        Social




           National
                                           Personal



                      Institutional
Personalised Learning




              Professional        Social




           National                   Personal




                      Institutional
Personalised Learning




                  Professional        Social




                                          Personal
       National



                          Institutional
Personalised Learning


           Professional

                                  Social




           National                   Personal




                      Institutional
Personalised Learning
     Building the e-confident system
Personalised Learning Framework


  Professional                                   National


                     Assessment



                 Portfolio     VLE
                                              Institutional


                         PLP
                                     Portal


  Social                                        Personal
Distributed Learning Environment
DVLE – Integration Strategy




                      Recognised: user’s choice -
                       watch and learn
                      Recommended: user’s
                       choice – train and integrate
                      Arranged: institutional
                       provision with training
                      Core: institutional provision
                       with compulsory use and
                       consistent access
Ownership

Developing empowering cultures requires
skill, thought and a commitment to valuing
and exploring processes,
not just focusing on
the ‘product’
- Haigh, 1999
Ownership Matrix
21st Century Learning?
     ‘It is a world in which knowing what and how to learn the next
        thing is as important as what has already been learnt.’




                                                   Jackson and Ward, 2004
21st Century Work?
Implications

                • The framework should offer accessible choice that seeks to
                  optimise needs-satisfaction rather than offer choice for its own
    Data
 Integration      sake;


                • The framework must facilitate communication and
                  collaboration, not for their own sake but in the context of
Collaboration     learning dialogues


                • The framework must allow appropriate expression of
                  spontaneous and scientific concepts with both seen as
Independence      aspects of the same developmental process


                • The framework should emphasise the importance of the self
 Assessment
                  and capable peer as an assessment parameter.
Personalised Learning Framework


  Professional                                   National


                     Assessment



                 Portfolio     VLE
                                              Institutional


                         PLP
                                     Portal


  Social                                        Personal
A Framework for e-Learning

Tool           Process           Ownership         Assessment
               (Decision Making) (Customisation)


VLE            Rational          Transparent       Dynamic



E-PLP          Judgemental       Adaptive          Formative



E-Assessment   Political         Cosmetic          Summative



E-Portofolio   Complex           Collaborative     Portfolio
Process and Ownership

Complexity Matrix - Process                  Customisation Matrix - Ownership




                              Stacey, 2002                         Gilmore and Pine, 1997
Expanding the Framework

VLE
Supports instructional delivery with rational process monitored against well defined
learning outcomes. Dynamic assessment identifies learning needs and transparent
customisation allows the teacher to differentiate activities to meet these needs
and account for different learning styles.




        Individual Learning Plan (ILP)
        Formative assessment tool providing scaffolding to heighten learner awareness.
        Dialogue creates shared vision for future development which can only be judged
        in relation to that vision. Adaptive customisation affords learners standard tools
        (e.g. target setting, progress review, etc.) to create a unique learning path.




                 E-Assessment
                 Summative assessment requires objective progress against standardised external
                 criteria. This process is political with outcomes requiring negotiation to ensure they
                 are shared by the learner. Customisation is cosmetic where the same product
                 may be presented in different ways but is not fundamentally altered.




                          E-Portfolio
                          A collaborative space where learners participate in the design stage exploring
                          ideas involving complex processes representing creativity, reflection, and new
                          modes of operating. The portfolio assessment framework is useful for
                          transdisciplinary projects such as enquiry based learning
Evaluating e-Learning
Enhancing Assessment




•Engagement Tracking
                             Formative         •Blind/Double Marking
                                                                                Portfolio
 (logs)                                        •Group Submission
•Completion/Progress   •Learning/Development   •Peer Assessment        •Creative processes
 Tracking               Plans                  •Criteria-based         •Reflective practice
                       •Peer Review             assessment             •Lifelong Learning




       Dynamic                                      Summative
Transformative?
What Next: Learning Design




                       Grainne Conole
                       http://cloudworks.ac.uk/cloud/view/4001
What Next: Learning Analytics
                               Learning analytics starts with the learner.
                               We need to make sure it gets back there again.



                                     Learners




       Intervention                                                 Data




                                     Analytics




Clow, 2011                                                                                                                                   Suthers & Rosen, 2011
http://dougclow.wordpress.com/2011/03/11/marx-and-learning-analytics-towards-a-praxis-of-educational-improvement/
                                                                                                           http://www.slideshare.net/suthers/suthers-rosen-learning-analytics-and-knowledge-2011
Summary


The framework does not proscribe particular
 software but instead positions technology as
 a cultural tool representative of complex
 processes
Personalised learning may provide the
 context for assessing the capabilities of e-
 learning systems
                                     James Ballard
                              jimbonda@gmail.com
                                    @jameslballard

Personalised learning

  • 1.
    Personalised Learning A Frameworkfor e-Learning James Ballard CDE Lunchtime Session
  • 2.
    Overview About Me Background: Personalisation Agenda Discussion: Ownership A Pedagogy for Personalisation A Framework for e-Learning What Next?
  • 3.
    Innovation Projects DfES ICT Test Bed Project E-Portfolio Evaluation JISC/BECTA Transforming Curriculum Delivery Interoperability: Repository and Portfolio Distributed VLEs Online Assessment Management Transforming Assessment and Feedback Learning Analytics
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    Personalisation ‘The logic of education systems should be reversed so that it is the , 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
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    Personalised Learning Professional Social National Personal Institutional
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    Personalised Learning Social Professional National Personal Institutional
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    Personalised Learning Professional Social National Personal Institutional
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    Personalised Learning Professional Social National Personal Institutional
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    Personalised Learning Professional Social Personal National Institutional
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    Personalised Learning Professional Social National Personal Institutional
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    Personalised Learning Building the e-confident system
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    Personalised Learning Framework Professional National Assessment Portfolio VLE Institutional PLP Portal Social Personal
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    DVLE – IntegrationStrategy  Recognised: user’s choice - watch and learn  Recommended: user’s choice – train and integrate  Arranged: institutional provision with training  Core: institutional provision with compulsory use and consistent access
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    Ownership Developing empowering culturesrequires skill, thought and a commitment to valuing and exploring processes, not just focusing on the ‘product’ - Haigh, 1999
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    21st Century Learning? ‘It is a world in which knowing what and how to learn the next thing is as important as what has already been learnt.’ Jackson and Ward, 2004
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    Implications • The framework should offer accessible choice that seeks to optimise needs-satisfaction rather than offer choice for its own Data Integration sake; • The framework must facilitate communication and collaboration, not for their own sake but in the context of Collaboration learning dialogues • The framework must allow appropriate expression of spontaneous and scientific concepts with both seen as Independence aspects of the same developmental process • The framework should emphasise the importance of the self Assessment and capable peer as an assessment parameter.
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    Personalised Learning Framework Professional National Assessment Portfolio VLE Institutional PLP Portal Social Personal
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    A Framework fore-Learning Tool Process Ownership Assessment (Decision Making) (Customisation) VLE Rational Transparent Dynamic E-PLP Judgemental Adaptive Formative E-Assessment Political Cosmetic Summative E-Portofolio Complex Collaborative Portfolio
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    Process and Ownership ComplexityMatrix - Process Customisation Matrix - Ownership Stacey, 2002 Gilmore and Pine, 1997
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    Expanding the Framework VLE Supportsinstructional delivery with rational process monitored against well defined learning outcomes. Dynamic assessment identifies learning needs and transparent customisation allows the teacher to differentiate activities to meet these needs and account for different learning styles. Individual Learning Plan (ILP) Formative assessment tool providing scaffolding to heighten learner awareness. Dialogue creates shared vision for future development which can only be judged in relation to that vision. Adaptive customisation affords learners standard tools (e.g. target setting, progress review, etc.) to create a unique learning path. E-Assessment Summative assessment requires objective progress against standardised external criteria. This process is political with outcomes requiring negotiation to ensure they are shared by the learner. Customisation is cosmetic where the same product may be presented in different ways but is not fundamentally altered. E-Portfolio A collaborative space where learners participate in the design stage exploring ideas involving complex processes representing creativity, reflection, and new modes of operating. The portfolio assessment framework is useful for transdisciplinary projects such as enquiry based learning
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    Enhancing Assessment •Engagement Tracking Formative •Blind/Double Marking Portfolio (logs) •Group Submission •Completion/Progress •Learning/Development •Peer Assessment •Creative processes Tracking Plans •Criteria-based •Reflective practice •Peer Review assessment •Lifelong Learning Dynamic Summative
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    What Next: LearningDesign Grainne Conole http://cloudworks.ac.uk/cloud/view/4001
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    What Next: LearningAnalytics Learning analytics starts with the learner. We need to make sure it gets back there again. Learners Intervention Data Analytics Clow, 2011 Suthers & Rosen, 2011 http://dougclow.wordpress.com/2011/03/11/marx-and-learning-analytics-towards-a-praxis-of-educational-improvement/ http://www.slideshare.net/suthers/suthers-rosen-learning-analytics-and-knowledge-2011
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    Summary The framework doesnot proscribe particular software but instead positions technology as a cultural tool representative of complex processes Personalised learning may provide the context for assessing the capabilities of e- learning systems James Ballard jimbonda@gmail.com @jameslballard

Editor's Notes

  • #21 For Vygotsky an independent learner is the result of learning rather than a premise for it.
  • #23 what the learner already knows and is capable of demonstrating during independent activity (e.g. examination) gives little indication of the appropriate interventions to progress that learner to the next developmental level.
  • #24 VLE is rational where progress is monitored against well defined learning outcomesILP is a judgemental process that offers a shared vision for future development which is not predetermined and can only be judged in relation to that visionAssessment is political process with outcomes derived from established frameworks that require negotiation to ensure these are shared by the learnerThe portfolio involves complex processes representative of creativity, reflection, and new modes of operating
  • #25 For Vygotsky an independent learner is the result of learning rather than a premise for it.
  • #27 For Vygotsky an independent learner is the result of learning rather than a premise for it.
  • #28 what the learner already knows and is capable of demonstrating during independent activity (e.g. examination) gives little indication of the appropriate interventions to progress that learner to the next developmental level.