Adaptive Learning
Adaptivity should not affect assessment. Learning objectives should be the same. In the real world there’s less chance for adaptive assessment.
Should this depend on the type of content? Our culture of education is assessment driven. It is an area we need to look at. Adaptivity is viewed as something essential. Students are exam-centred. The end point (of learning) is not necessarily the same for each student. Adaptive learning could be more motivating.
What about course development?
You should consider the different type of learners you have, whereas in the traditional you don’t think about that. Teacher adapt all the time. There is not just ONE approach. There are differences in an e-learning vs. a classroom context. Traditionally you use off the shelf materials. There is a pre-determined sequence. There are some products that allow different paths of learning but it is not genuinely adaptive.
In a particular blended approach, there is content delivery and there are discussion threads. In that case, we analyse students learning styles, as an exercise. It is not incorporated to our methodology fully (Masters degree). In another approach, we direct student in a more open fashion. The main aim is to develop collaboration. It’s personal at the group level. Groups will make recommendations at the end. It’s about bringing knowledge into practice.
This might be a rewarding approach. There are scalability issues though. In the school context you don’t have the option to move into a totally online fashion. In higher education there is. Adaptive would work ideally in a 1 to 1 fashion. The real world is 30 to 1.
Posted by ilrt119v at March 22, 2004 05:05 PM