Ideas, Influence, Impact

Before you condemn me after only reading the title, let me state clearly that I am FULLY supportive of personalized learning.  I am working hard to support philosophies and practices in my district, in my state and across the country that address and support personalized earning.

But, I realize that my goal is not to personalize learning.  Learning has always been – and will always be – a personal process.  It’s kind of like breathing. I do not think there will be any “personalized breathing” reforms any time soon.

The real goal of educators, parents, and community stakeholders should be personalized education.  We really need to focus on how we make our system of learning (education) more open for personalized learning.  We need to build our system anew.

Our right will always be to have learning be personal; the goal is to make our system of education personal as well.

Comments on: "Personalized Education, Not Personalized Learning" (1)

  1. I like the distinction you have made between personalized learning and personalized education. “Personalized learning” can remind us that all learning is personal, and therefore unique to the individual, but “personalized education” opens the door to real changes in how we work with young people, for which we as educators are responsible.

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