A good overview of how to 'humanise' personalised learning By Paul E. France. The post summarises the premises in his book 'Reclaiming personalised learning: A pedagogy for restoring equity and humanity in our classrooms' and mirrors the philosophies and call for 'hybrid pedagogy' see this post for links and summary.
In short, there is a need to honour the 'personalised' which has been hijacked by 'technology'. Issues of digital equity and literacy need to be addressed before 'technology solutions' are decided on. However, the right support systems allow for the affordances of 'digitally-supported' to be possible. Therefore, a balancing act as always.
It is important to start with what the learner presently is able to do with the technology and digital literacies available. Then leverage off these 'first steps' to improve learners' digital literacies and put emphasis into ensuring barriers to attaining hardware and digital infrastructures are surmounted to provide for the best solutions required to support their learning. Therefore, inportant to not have a 'one-size fits all' approach but to be prepared to 'customise' where possible. Putting 'the learner at the heart' of learning is challenging and requires commitment, resourcing and capability building. Otherwise, we end up with disillusioned learners, facing (to them) insurmountable odds to attain the learning to help them through their learning journey.
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