Personalisation for All?

Organising for Personalisation at Scale

Do you believe…

“that e-learning can transform the experience of education?”

IF SO HOW LONG BEFORE IT HAPPENS?

A hypothesis?

Learning always has been and always will be a personalised experience

It is the organisation of education that has been impersonal

The impediment has been economic scaleabilityTechnology is making personalisation

achievable at scale

Mark Twain

“ I never allowedMy schooling toInterfere with myEducation”

What I am told by practitioners

The structureThe cultureThe fundingWorks against optimising e-Learning

Personalisation?

ContentNavigationAssessmentLocationLearning styles

Types of E-Learning

Location

Different Same

Time

Different

Same

DistributedAsynchronousLearning

E-classroomE-library

E-campus

DistributedSynchronousLearning

Plus ca change?

TeacherSurgeonTrain Driver…

The Biggest Mistake

New Teacher=Old Teacher+IT

IT and Globalisation

Minimum skill set for a living wage risingDemand for low-skilled workers fallingRate of change of skill needs increasingState budgets under pressureIncreased demands for creativity, innovation, design and

personal/inter-personal skills

The Underlying Logic

People are for thinking, machines for doingIf it can be done, it can be automatedIf it can be automated it can be done elsewhere

more cheaply

What do we mean by high-skilled?

Lessons from Industry

IT is about organisational effectivenessOptimising effectiveness comes through

organisational changeRe-engineering Education to support

Lifelong learning

Re-engineer what?

The educational infrastructureThe curriculum and assessmentThe teaching professions

To put the learner at the

heart of the system

Learning on Demand

Personalised, mass-customisationUser-driven qualityTeamwork-oriented teaching and learningExams and Qualifications?Administration built-in not bolted-on to teaching

and learning processes

The Economics of Mass CustomisationStandardisationSpecialisationIntegrationAround the demand side to free resources to

deliver efficiency and effectiveness

This implies…

A Culture of Lifelong LearningAccess to lifelong learningContent to support individual lifelong learnersA social context for lifelong learning

MIT90s paradigm

The

Organisation

External environment

Management

ProcessesStrategy

Organisation

Design

IT

People and

Roles

MIT90s paradigm

The

Organisation

External environment

Management

ProcessesStrategy

Organisation

Design

IT

People and

Roles

Organisational

Culture

Learning Organisations

Theory

Practice

Learning

Scientist

Engineer

Technician

Education

Training

LearningTo Think

LearningTo Do

Education or Training?

Scientist

Engineer

TechnicianStableTimes

UnstableTimes

LearningTo Think

LearningTo Do

5 Levels of Transformation

Extent of benefits

Degree of

Tramsformation

Local exploitation

Scope Redefinition

Network Redesign

Process Redesign

Internal IntegrationEvolutionary

RevolutionaryInternal

External

Source: MIT

Formal/Informal Learning

Formal

Informal

FormalInformal

Process

Content

Course

TV

Search

Engine

Experience

Learner types?

VisualAuditoryKinaesthetic

Multiple Intelligences

Mathematical and logicalLinguisticInterpersonalIntrapersonalBodily kinaestheticMusicalNaturalistVisual and Spatial

Technologies for Personalisation

Web AccessibilityNavigationSmart CardsVoiceHandwritingGesturesImplants….

Assessment and Accreditation

ModularWhen ready, not age!Credit accumulation and transferTime stamped?Vocational/academicProcess and/or contentAssessment for/of LearningBachelor of Learning?

From Pilots to Embedding

NeedXVisionXCapabilitiesXFirst steps

Content

What is content?Ownership?Who creates content?Tools for teachers or content for teachers?Individuals or teams of creators

A Learner in her life plays many parts..StudentTeacherLibrarian/CuratorResearcherAssessorCounsellorParent……

Teacher Roles

Subject matter expertLearning resources managerLearning coachEducational administratorStaff development managerCurriculum agentCounsellor: personal, career, socialTrainees

Creativity and IT

CombinatorialExploratoryTransformational

Source: Margaret Boden

The Policy Challenges

Sort out the role of the professional teacherMake progress on the content vs tools debateAccessibility to e-LearningThe Pensions CrisisThe over 50s disappearedHealth educationIntellectual property…Evidence..

Transformation

Be realistic about how long it will takeCelebrate successInnovate, Learn and Push the boundaries