Is learning technology able to foster ‘customised’ education and training?

• 1983-1989: Pedagogical sciences (adult education)

• December 1995: TEL

• Edublogger, author

• March 2015:Independent consultant

Program

• Tailor-made/customised education?

• Facilitating incorporation flexibility

• Facilitating adaptive learning

• Enrichment teaching and learning

‘Customised’ education?

Source: SURFnet, 2016

Trends ICT and education: developments over longer periode of timeSeveral factors involved

Facilitating incorporation flexibility (blurring borders)

Learner owner online identity

Personal learning environment

Open education

Digital badges and microcredentialing

Photo: alphaspirit

Possible impact

• Unbundling

• Commercialization education

• Undermining position publicly funded education

• Education less open

How should public funded education and training respond?

A.This will not happen (do nothing)

B.Resist, prevent it

C.If you can’t beat them, join them

D.Other….

Facilitating adaptive learning

Adaptive learning environment for agile education

Learning analytics

Foto: Biljuska1

Digital assessment and learning analytics

Bron: Bomas, E. (2014). Learning Analytics and Visualisation of Data. http://www.slideshare.net/kennisnet/lace-medea-brussel2014vslides

Artificial intelligence

Enrichment teaching and learning

Virtual reality

Foto: http://markthalrotterdam.nl/persbericht-ruim- 100-appartementen-in-markthal-rotterdam-verkocht/

Virtual field tripsAssignments check previous knowledge

QuestionsVoting and discussions

Serious gaming

Gamification

Simulaties en

Foto: Jutten Simulations

Virtual class

Pitches with peer review

• Instruction• Learners choose subject• Create pitch• Learners review pitches &

provide feedback• Badges, like

Internet of Things

These learning technologies offer great possibilities for BE-ODL members to

enrich education and training

A.Agree

B.Do not agree

C.I am not sure

Thanks!

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