Personalizing Learning in the 21st Century brings together contributions from a wide range of educationalists interested in the idea of personalizing learning.  Reading this book should be a personalized learning experience for each and every one of us.

Contents

Foreword by Tim Brighouse

Introduction to the Contributions – Personalization: Is there a consensus?

The Challenge: ICT and Personalized Learning

• Harnessing technology to personalize the learning experience - Diana Laurillard

Policy Papers

• The paradox of choice and personalization - Sara de Freitas
• Personalization in the Curriculum: A view from learning theory - Helen Beetham
• Leadership for Personalizing Learning - John West-Burnham
• Personalizing Learning: ICT enabling universal access - Neil McLean
• Aim higher, widening participation to higher education and personalized learning - Graeme Atherton
• Workforce Reform and Personalized Learning - Chris Yapp

Practice Papers

• Personalized Learning: Personalized schooling - Derek Wise
• Personalized Learning in Practice: Challenges, approaches and ICT - Bob Banks
• Knowledge and Skills for Individuals: A tiered approach - Rob Arntsen and Tom Holland
• Personal Learning Tools and Environments: Their role in supporting the independent lifelong learner - Sarah Davies
• Personalized Learning: A failure to collaborate? - Malcolm Moss
• Online Learning: Can communities of practice deliver personalization in learning?
• e-Portfolios: A personal space for learning and the learner voice - Shane Sutherland
• Designing Spaces for Personalizing Learning: Spaces for personalizing learning or personalizing spaces for learning?  - Tom Franklin and Jill Armstrong
• Personalized Learning and Accessibility: Adaptability at the point of delivery - Alistair McNaught and John Sewell
• Personalized e-Learning in Primary and Secondary Education: The impact of inconsistent definitions and goals - Rachada Monthienvichienchai
• Personal Learning with Mobile and Wireless Technologies - Ros Smith
• Enabling Personalization through Context Awareness - Laura Naismith

Focus Group Discussion

• Personalizing Learning: Is there a shared vision? - Sara de Freitas, Chris Dickinson and Chris Yapp

Afterword
William H. Dutton

About the authors

Index