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Personalized Learning and the Transformation of Learning in Michigan
Moving Michigan Farther, Faster
Michigan Virtual University Public Sector Consultants, Inc.
Citizens Research Council of Michigan
What is the future of education in Michigan?
What is the future of
education in Michigan?
What role does or could technology
play?
The K-12 education system has been one of the great success stories of the 20th century.
Personalized Learning
•Personalized learning would allow learning experiences customized for each student’s goals and abilities, presenting a real opportunity to improve outcomes.
Recommendations
•Students•Teachers•Schools•Technology•Data •Quality and accountability
Michigan must put in place
strategies and tactics to permit each student to
learn at his or her own pace.
Students
TeachersMichigan must create a statewide system of support for teachers as they transition their instructional practice to methods that allow for the full implementation of personalized learning.
SchoolsSchools must have support
from the state as they create
spaces that support
personalized learning
including technology
integration and spaces for
more individual
and small group work. 9
TechnologyMichigan must place technology at the forefront
of learning, information, and accountability. Michigan needs an independent, neutral, and trusted
voice in the educational sector to help providers and
districts deploy technology that works.
Data
The state must create and support a data infrastructure that teachers, parents,
students, and schools can use to inform
individualized instruction.
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The governor should appoint an independent authority to evaluate the quality of content providers.
Quality and Accountability
Focus: Financial Considerations• Recent Funding Cuts• Rich/Poor Gap• Pricing• Equalizing• Rural Districts• Sinking Funds
“The problem we have in looking at technology in education is that we have not figured out that technology is not a capital expenditure and it cannot be treated as such.”
– National Education Policy Expert
Questions?
Contact Information
•David Myers, Michigan Virtual University, [email protected]
•Joe Freidhoff, Michigan Virtual University, [email protected]
•Jeff Williams, Public Sector Consultants, [email protected]
Can you picture personalized
learning in classrooms in
your district?
What are other challenges of
implementation?
How do current reform efforts
affect this work?
What challenges would you
anticipate in your community?
If there were no constraints, what
would you do differently?
Contact Information
•David Myers, Michigan Virtual University, [email protected]
•Joe Freidhoff, Michigan Virtual University, [email protected]
•Jeff Williams, Public Sector Consultants, [email protected]