Tag Archives: personalized learning

Adaptive learning – Knewton case study #LAK12

Posted on February 12, 2012 by

Just watched the short video outlining the main features of the Knewton adaptive learning system which claims to provide tailored online learning systems which take account of student progress and learning styles. This is clearly a direction that many HE … Continue reading →

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Purdue Signals case study: back on track #LAK12

Posted on February 12, 2012 by

Kimberley Arnold’s article  gives a very readable overview of the Signals project carried out at Purdue University to apply analytics to improve student success. Their approach is interesting in that the information yielded by their application of analytics is fed … Continue reading →

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Penetrating the fog #LAK12

Posted on February 5, 2012 by

I really enjoyed this paper which summed up many of the current concerns about higher education in a time of increasing external pressures and the need to somehow provide an improved, more efficient (and more appropriate) service to students. The … Continue reading →

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