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Release of University of California at Davis Case Study on e-Literate TV

By Phil Hill. Posted on July 19, 2015

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Today we are thrilled to release the fifth and final case study in our new e-Literate TV series on “personalized learning”. In this series, we examine how that term, which is heavily marketed but poorly defined, is implemented on the ground at a variety of colleges and universities. We plan to cap off this series with two analysis […]

The Importance Of Student Control Of Learning, Especially For Working Adults

By Phil Hill. Posted on July 7, 2015

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When giving keynotes at conferences over the past two years, I have observed that some of the best non-verbal feedback occurs when pointing out that personalized and adaptive learning does not equal black-box algorithms choosing content for students. Yes, there are plenty of approaches pitching that solution (Knewton in its early state being the best-known if not […]

How Student and Faculty Interviews Were Chosen For e-Literate TV Series

By Phil Hill. Posted on June 29, 2015

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As part of our e-Literate TV set of case studies on personalized learning, Michael and I were fully aware that Arizona State University (ASU) was likely to generate the most controversy due to ASU’s aggressive changes to the concept of a modern research university. As we described in this introductory blog post: Which is one […]

Prior Learning Assessments Done Right

By Michael Feldstein. Posted on June 28, 2015

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This post has nothing to do with educational technology but everything to do with the kind of humane and truly personal education that we should be talking about when we throw around phrases like “personalized education.” Prior Learning Assessments (PLAs) go hand-in-glove with the trendy Competency-Based Education (CBE). The basic idea is that you test […]

Release of Empire State College Case Study on e-Literate TV

By Phil Hill. Posted on June 26, 2015

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Today we are thrilled to release the fourth case study in our new e-Literate TV series on “personalized learning”. In this series, we examine how that term, which is heavily marketed but poorly defined, is implemented on the ground at a variety of colleges and universities. We are adding two episodes from Empire State College (ESC), a school […]

The ETV Personalized Learning Series: What We Hope It Contributes

By Michael Feldstein. Posted on May 5, 2015

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It seems like there has been an avalanche of high-profile books about the future of education lately—Kevin Carey’s The End of College, Jeff Selingo’s College Unbound, Anya Kamenetz’s The Test, Michael Crow’s Designing the New American University, and Fareed Zacharia’s In Defense of a Liberal Education, to name a few. The fact that so many […]

Adaptive Learning Market Acceleration Program (ALMAP) Summer Meeting Notes

By Phil Hill. Posted on July 7, 2014

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I recently attended the ALMAP Summer Meeting. ALMAP is a program funded by the Gates Foundation, with the goals described in this RFP webinar presentation from March 2013: We believe that well implemented personalized & adaptive learning has the potential to dramatically improve student outcomes Our strategy to accelerate the adoption of Adaptive Learning in higher education […]
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