Success, personal learning plans, and multiple pathways in open courses | George Velets... - 0 views
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So, the question becomes, how do you support all learners to achieve what they aspire to achieve?
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the learner is given more of that control. The instructors write: ”This course will experiment with multiple learning pathways. It has been structured to allow learners to take various pathways through learning content – either in the existing edX format or in a social competency-based and self-directed format. Learners will have access to pathways that support both beginners, and more advanced students, with pointers to additional advanced resources. In addition to interactions within the edX platform, learners will be encouraged to engage in distributed conversations on social media such as blogs and Twitter.” I like this because of the recognition that learners come to courses with varying needs/wants and that recognition influenced the design of the course.
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research has shown, that learners don’t know what they don’t know. A personal learning plan isn’t a panacea, which is why every course needs to include a diverse range of scaffolds and supports.
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Canadian university professor shares some initial thoughts on how he intends scaffolding student learning in his open course through the use of Personal Learning Plans. While I'm not going to mandate this in NGL this time around (next offering is perhaps another question). It's something you might like to explore for your own purposes. I'm a little intrigued by the idea of some open courses making a decision to offer multiple pathways through an open course. Shouldn't it be the learner that (is helped to) create their own path?
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How do you support all learners to achieve what they aspire to achieve?