Learning personalized: the evolution of the contemporary classroom

A real-world action plan for educators to create personalized learning experiences. Learning Personalized: The Evolution of the Contemporary Classroom provides teachers, administrators, and educational leaders with a clear and practical guide to personalized learning. Written by teachers and educational consultants Allison Zmuda, Greg Curtis, and Diane Ullman, this resource explores what personalized learning looks like, how it changes the roles and responsibilities of every stakeholder, and why it inspires innovation. The authors explain that, in order to create highly effective personalized learning experiences, a new instructional design is required that is based loosely on the traditional model of apprenticeship: learning by doing. Learning Personalized challenges educators to rethink the fundamental principles of schooling that honors students' natural willingness to play, problem solve, fail, re-imagine, and share. This resource explores the elements of personalized learning and offers a framework to achieve it; provides a roadmap for enrolling relevant stakeholders to create a personalized learning vision and reimagine new roles and responsibilities; addresses needs and provides guidance specific to the job descriptions of various types of educators, administrators, and other staff.--

Introduction -- 1. Making the Case for Personalized Learning. Disconnect between Traditional School and Preparation for a Post-Secondary World ; The Power of a Student-Driven Model ; Contemporary Issues of Control ; Personalized Learning Evolution -- 2. The Aims of Contemporary Schooling. Element 1: Disciplinary Outcomes ; Element 2: Cross-Disciplinary Outcomes ; Element 3: Mindsets -- 3. The Design of a Student-Driven Learning Experience. Element 4: Task ; Element 5: Audience ; Element 6: Feedback ; Element 7: Evaluation -- 4. Tasks that Demonstrate Personalized Learning Evolution in Practice. Inspiration for Task Designs ; How the Role of the Teacher Shifts ; How the Role of the Student Shifts ; Needed Systems and Supports beyond the Classroom -- 5. What Personalized Learning Looks Like at the Instructional Level. Element 8: Process ; Element 9: Environment ; A Day-in-the-Life Narrative -- 9. What Personalized Learning Looks Like at the Systems Level. Element 10: Demonstration of Learning ; Element 11: Time. Element 12: Advancement -- 7. Leading the Change for Personalized Learning. Clearly articulating and Creating Urgency for Personalized Learning (the "Why") ; Giving Back the…