AMEE 2014 Pre-conference workshop #AMEE2015 #pcw16 
How to create personalised learning opportunities in the information 
age: Essential skills for the 21st century teacher 
Natalie Lafferty @nlafferty 
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HOW I USE TECHNOLOGY TO PERSONALISE MY LEARNING 
NATALIE LAFFERTY 
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Lifelong Learning 
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Learning … 
Any time, any where, any place 
At work … home … on the go 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/earlysound/4490601295/
How it used to be … 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/misshaley/515045191/
No longer restricted to libraries & formal learning
Connectivity supporting accessibility, 
collaboration & community 
https://flic.kr/p/3Jsir
http://scoop.intel.com/what-happens-in-an-internet-minute/
Jane Hart 
http://c4lpt.co.uk/top100tools/
Reviews of 
research 
Reflection/ Portfolio 
Blogs 
News & 
views 
Formative 
assessment 
Just-in-time 
learning 
Teaching – 
guide on the 
side 
Patient 
experiences 
Supporting 
communities 
Started reading blogs
Dr Ves - Cases blog 
“I simply blog as a way to keep track of the 
new developments in medicine that are 
relevant to my practice and patients. The 
blog is a digital notebook and an archive 
accessible from any place and device with an 
internet connection.” 
http://casesblog.blogspot.com
@nlafferty
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Social media supports connections 
… Personal Learning Networks 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/oceanflynn/6638184545/
My PLN 
Discovery & Sharing
Discovered online communities 
Interprofessional learning - HASHTAGS 
https://flic.kr/p/dwsCeF
FREE OPEN ACCESS MEDUCATION 
Learning community supported by Social Media & Web 2.0
Conversations curated on symplur.com
Search for #hashtags on symplur.com
Anne Marie Cunningham 
Twitter - @amcunningham 
University of Cardiff 
Natalie Lafferty 
Twitter - @nlafferty 
University of Dundee
Tweeting from conferences
Elements of personalised learning
Social Media Tools 
Supporting 
Personalised Learning 
http://lifeinthefastlane.com/essentials-of-em-talk-2/
Feedly RSS Reader
Reference Managers
Research networks
http://flic.kr/p/dQkC93 
MOOCs
Terese Bird 
Learning Technologist and SCORE Research Fellow 
University of Leicester 
“I have come to see, especially through the eyes of 
my medic colleagues, that Free Open Access 
Meducation is a better education than closed— better 
because more information is accessed the wider 
one’s network is, better because more learners are 
reached via open platforms than closed, better 
because open encourages interdisciplinary sharing 
and learning… the list of benefits goes on.”
It takes time to develop 
Many of my personal learning 
network have helped me 
along the way 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/darrentunnicliff/4469318003/
Develop your own personal toolkit 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8007281@N08/3259845278/
Emergent Trends in Personalised Learning
https://flic.kr/p/cBFFBS 
Learning 
Personalised 
or 
Personal
Personal – made by and for oneself – 
self-organisation 
https://flic.kr/p/5CCza4
Personalised - Customised from a 
menu of options 
https://flic.kr/p/ay7MS5
Flipped Classroom – Watching lectures online 
Team-based learning 
Inquiry/Research – Application - Assessment 
http://www.knewton.com/flipped-classroom/
https://flic.kr/p/nRtoTw
Spaced learning 
https://flic.kr/p/dYBFHN
Semantic Web – Linked data 
Adaptive learning 
https://flic.kr/p/6XLkss
Personalised - Spoon feeding? 
Personal – Self-directed learning? 
https://flic.kr/p/8Lmzs3
Natalie Lafferty 
Director Technology in Learning 
College of Medicine, Dentistry & Nursing 
University of Dundee 
Twitter - @nlafferty 
Email – n.t.lafferty@dundee.ac.uk 
Web - http://about.me/nlafferty 
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Personalised learning workshop AMEE 2014