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Implementation in a Secondary Classroom (Articles) - 0 views

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  • While choice can be a powerful motivator, on some occasions it can also have an adverse effect. In other words, not all choices have a positive effect on motivation and achievement. Therefore, it is helpful to consider a few factors that can help teachers design choices that have the potential to positively influence motivation and achievement.
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      Mike Radue on 14 Apr 18
       
      I think this is what concerns educators and the general public when considering the implementation of personalized learning practices. Left to their own devices, students may not select the most appropriate or rigorous activities/topics. The success of personalized learning will include the teacher's ability to challenge that process when necessary.
  • Therefore, personalized teaching is not an isolated, or isolating, phenomenon. Instead, it combats the deadening effects on learning that result from teachers’ isolation and anonymity in large school settings.
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      Mike Radue on 14 Apr 18
       
      While I'm glad and agree that personalized learning can help accomplish this, I think the reason provided could be true when implementing other programs/systems/philosophies. The more teachers collaborate, the better the respective learning environments.
  • Completion rules also give me the freedom to have small-group or individual conferences to assess learning and make choices about future instruction.
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      Mike Radue on 14 Apr 18
       
      Great example of the many benefits of personalized learning. In this case, personalized learning and the completion rules alluded to actually create time for the teacher to work more closely with students. This is a win-win situation.
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  • Not every program lends itself to choice, of course, but even then there are opportunities.
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      Mike Radue on 14 Apr 18
       
      I think it's important to remember that flexibility and adaptability are important during implementation of personalized learning. Not everything will fit neatly and work flawlessly. If viewed as an opportunity or a challenge rather than a problem, the chances for success greatly improve. It always comes back to finding that right mix and balance of instructional practice and processes.
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Adaptive Learning System Articles - 1 views

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  • The root of the problem is not the adaptive technology itself so much as the belief that a “good” education is entirely quantifiable and therefore manageable by computer.
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      Mike Radue on 07 Apr 18
       
      As with other issues in our culture, there is a tendency to take things to the extremes when what is truly needed is a balance somewhere towards the middle. The best education is leveraged with technology and teachers working in concert.
  • Adaptive learning technology helps online students make sure they use their learning time as efficiently and productively as possible.
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      Mike Radue on 07 Apr 18
       
      I think this comment speaks to one of the biggest benefits of adaptive learning which is maximizing learner's and teacher's time. Adaptive learning helps both parties zone in on what gaps need to be filled and what concepts expanded for example.
  • To be clear, when we say “adaptive learning” we are referring to it as both a concept and a tool.
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      Mike Radue on 07 Apr 18
       
      This is a good way to describe adaptive learning. The concepts have been the subject of much discussion/research for years but as we know technology improves at a much faster rate. Our technical capabilities are expanding faster than we can apply concepts effectively one could argue. The proliferation of options, platforms, systems has given rise to a robust industry/economy related to adaptive learning.
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  • "Our partners are the experts in their target market," noted David Kuntz, vice president of research and adaptive learning at Knewton. "They create the application and pass us the data. We process that data and make a set of actionable inferences about the students, and then pass those back to the application, and the partner decides how and when to render those for the student."
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      Mike Radue on 07 Apr 18
       
      I find this business model very interesting. Experts focused on a specific aspect of a project all contributing to supporting the success of learners. I marvel at the programmer's ability to write algorithms to make decisions and create learning pathways adapted to the learner's needs.
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"Personalized" vs. "Personal" Learning - 3 views

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  • master a set of skills mandated by people who have never met them
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      Mike Radue on 01 Apr 18
       
      A learner profile is a fundamental element of a personalized learning system. The use of this technique is preferred over "one size fits all" approaches to learning. Many do not want things to be mandated to them and we know that relationships are an integral part of positive learning experiences.
  • but meaningful (and truly personal) learning never requires technology
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      Mike Radue on 01 Apr 18
       
      This is sage wisdom/advice that we can't forget. Some folks try to make it seem like you need the tech when in fact you don't. As public servants, we have to think carefully and choose wisely when it comes to decisions on software/hardware and the cost/benefit involved.
  • it’s crucially more important to have the dispositions and the skills to create our own educational opportunities, not be trained to wait for opportunities that someone else has selected for delivery.
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      Mike Radue on 01 Apr 18
       
      The empowered learner can create their own educational opportunities. Not many people like to wait in lines, anywhere. Definitely not in school and without personalized learning, we put our students in positions at times where they have to wait for others to come along or for some other external factor beyond their control.
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  • the best thing we can do for kids is empower them to make regular, important, thoughtful decisions about their own learning, what they learn and how they learn it
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      Mike Radue on 01 Apr 18
       
      I think it all starts with the empowered learner and follows with the teacher's ability to guide as necessary, the learner has to be at the center and making the majority of the decisions around the learning plan with support as needed.
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Article(s): Self- and Peer-Assessment Online - 1 views

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  • increase student responsibility and autonomy
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      Mike Radue on 16 Feb 18
       
      I see this as an important issue in the classroom today. Call it what you will...autonomy, initiative, empowered...students taking charge of their own learning is easier said than done. They have to be taught, it cannot be assumed. Unfortunately, learning how to be autonomous is usually accompanied by pain. Pain in the sense that some students won't grasp the concept until they experience failure because no one was there to bail them out in the end. As a teacher, at times, I find myself swooping in to save the day and be the hero...the student's won't learn autonomy until taught how and given the opportunity to be.
  • students that cannot provide feedback due to the lack of necessary skills, whether it be education background or language.
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      Mike Radue on 16 Feb 18
       
      What I find interesting with this discussion is the amount of time and scaffolding that needs to occur to help students become effective "assessors" both of themselves and of others. Rees points out in his blog how he spends more time teaching skills than he does content. Frankly, to successfully implement peer and self grading you have to commit to it and devote the time necessary to do it right. Teachers that only intermittently and inconsistently use peer/self assessment are often dissatisfied with the results. The problem is they are getting out of it what they put into it.
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ollie-afe-2018: Article: Attributes from Effective Formative Assessment (CCSSO) - 4 views

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  • teachers have the big picture
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      Mike Radue on 11 Feb 18
       
      In working more with the concept of learning progressions, I think the biggest benefit is the emphasis on the big picture. As I reflect on some projects that didn't work out quite right, I think had I shared more of the big picture, students would have performed better. I could see where they didn't understand how the part related to the whole. As this section discusses, you have to provide other details and goals to support the big picture.
Mike Radue

ollie-afe-2018: Building a Better Mousetrap - 3 views

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  • A rubric that tells students, as a typical example, that they will get an A for writing a 1000 word essay that “cites x number of sources and supports its thesis with at least three arguments” will lead students to perceive writing as a kind of “paint-by-number” endeavor (Mathews).
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      Mike Radue on 04 Feb 18
       
      When I see a rubric performance descriptions include a certain number of something, I can't help but think about this.
  • I once gave extra credit to a student who realized that without providing a shred of meaningful content she could meet all the requirements of a state writing rubric he posted in his classroom. As required she used the word “persuade” and two synonyms, composed a clear topic sentence and closing sentence, and made no spelling or grammatical errors.
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      Mike Radue on 04 Feb 18
       
      Even a well-intentioned rubric can leave something to be desired. This sounds more like a checklist but begs the argument around having a criteria for coherence.
  • Similarly, Heidi Andrade, in her study, “The Effects of Rubrics on Learning to Write,” has found that, while rubrics increased her students’ knowledge of the grading criteria and helped most of her students (especially the young male students) do well on the state writing test, many of the young female students, who had been more expressive in previous writing assignments
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      Mike Radue on 04 Feb 18
       
      I find this interesting. The formal, structured writing is favored and the in this particular task, the expressive abilities of a writer are not assessed and reported on and/or flexibility to consider creative structures is not in place. We should look at a student's overall writing abilities in a variety of settings.
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ollie-afe-2018: Educational Leadership: The Quest for Quality--article - 14 views

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  • We're betting that the instructional hours sacrificed to testing will return dividends in the form of better instructional decisions and improved high-stakes test scores.
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      Mike Radue on 24 Jan 18
       
      I find this interesting. Authors are betting that giving up instructional time in favor of testing will pay off in terms of better decisions about students and what seems to be for some, the ultimate goal of improved standardized test scores. Assuming assessment structure and frequency is balanced as the paper outlines, that's a good bet.
  • Figure 2 clarifies which assessment methods are most likely to produce accurate results for different learning targets.
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      Mike Radue on 24 Jan 18
       
      This is an excellent visual to help assessors think carefully about the learning target and in turn selecting a proper assessment method. It even has some flexibility supporting a multiple measures type of approach. Accuracy is important and this matrix can help serve that goal.
  • Will the users of the results understand them and see the connection to learning?
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      Mike Radue on 24 Jan 18
       
      Assessment, as a science, can be tough to comprehend for professional educators, let alone a 8 year old, a parent, a school board member or some guy reading an article in the Des Moines Register. Ask ten people to explain validity and reliability and you might be surprised at the results. What I like about the concept in this article is that it emphasizes the "context" of the assessment. Do users of results truly understand what they are looking at and most importantly connect to a big picture and take the next step? Communication is important but so is education and review of assessment principles for all users of results to understand.
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  • Educators are more likely to attend to issues of quality and serve the best interests of students when we build balanced systems, with assessment-literate users.
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      Mike Radue on 24 Jan 18
       
      Great conclusion and mission. After reading this, I have definitely been challenged to take a closer look at how I view assessment, its purpose and what to do with the results. Seeking balance in the manner in which we conduct assessment and committing to improve assessment literacy for myself and others is a key take-away for me.
Mike Radue

ollie1 (Peterman): Iowa Online Teaching Standards - 21 views

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  • • Has knowledge of learning theory appropriate to online learning, which may include (but is not limited to) age and ability level, multiple intelligences, didactic conversation, student developmental influences, constructivism, behaviorism, cognitivism, connectivism, and group theory (Varvel V.A)
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      Mike Radue on 11 Jan 17
       
      This is a healthy reminder of the why and the how we do what we do. Pedagogy is not only interesting but essential to effective teaching. Much thought should go into the nuances of online learning and how activities and interactions should be structured to capitalize on and enrich learning.
  • 6. Incorporates social aspects into the teaching and learning process, creating a community of learners (ITS 6)
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      Mike Radue on 11 Jan 17
       
      I think the core of good teaching is relationship and community building. This is an essential component to facilitating rich learning experiences for traditional and online students alike. in particular, I feel being approachable and interactive are especially important when evaluating a learning environment.
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