What does it mean to give learners voice and choice in their learning? What distinguishes personalized learning, competency-based learning, open-walled learning, socially-embedded learning and learner agency? We can look at these elements through two lenses: either the school or the learner. Come join us to explore what it means to innovate your classrooms, school or district through the learner-centered lens.

1. The
Learner-Centered
Lens
Randy Ziegenfuss Ed.D and Lynn Fuini-Hetten
rziegenfuss@salisburysd.org // ziegeran
lfuinihetten@salisburysd.org // lfuinihetten
Salisbury Township School District, Allentown PA
Tuesday, December 5, 2017 // 8:45–10:00am // Empire D
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2. “It’s never enough to tell people about some new insight.
Instead of pouring knowledge into people’s heads, you
need to help them grind a new set of eyeglasses so they
can see the world in a new way. That involves challenging
the implicit assumptions that have shaped the way
people have historically looked at things.”
–John Seely Brown

3. How do children and
adults learn most
powerfully and deeply in
their lives?
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What brought you here?
Why is this important to you?
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Reflect personally, and then share with a
partner / small group near you:
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What brought us here?
Why is this important to us?
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Do our schools today reflect our
beliefs about learning?
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Complete the school-centered side.
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Graphic Organizer
School-centered Learner-centered

8. How would learners distinguish an ideal
learning environment?

9. VoiceandChoice//TheLearner-CenteredLens
Participants will collaborate in small groups to develop a
way to communicate knowledge about a specific
learning belief.
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presentations, complete the learner-centered
side of the graphic organizer.
Learning Belief Activity
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Let’s review
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Learner-Centered Education
Competency-based
Personalized, Relevant
& Contextualized
Learner Agency
Socially Embedded
Open-Walled
Knowledge,
Skills, and
Dispositions
OUTCOMES
FIVE INTERRELATED ELEMENTS
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Shining a light on an emerging field.
Randy Ziegenfuss Ed.D. and Lynn Fuini-Hetten

19. The
Learner-Centered
Lens
Randy Ziegenfuss Ed.D and Lynn Fuini-Hetten
rziegenfuss@salisburysd.org // ziegeran
lfuinihetten@salisburysd.org // lfuinihetten
Leading Innovation: Leading Personalized Learning // 10:15–11:30am // Cocoa 4
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Salisbury Township School District, Allentown PA