#20: Putting the 'i' in School: Personalized Learning and the Disruption of Public Education by Have You Heard published on 2017-06-24T15:39:19Z The push to "personalize" education is on, with more Silicon Valley disrupters jumping into the big money fray every week. But as Jennifer Berkshire and Jack Schneider discuss with guest Bill Fitzgerald, the search for a technological cure for what ails our public schools goes way back. And by failing to heed the past, the new breed of disrupters--Mark Zuckerberg, Reed Hastings, et al--are poised to repeat it. Genre News & Politics Comment by loretta Excellent analysis. Thank you! 2017-08-04T16:56:44Z Comment by Me Around timestamp 21:00 you talk about Finland. What most people are not aware of it the rise of digital education there. Look up Phenomemon Based Learning. That is their "Future Ready" digital learning initiative. It is backed by Nordic ADL-ADL of course being the US Department of Defense e-learning program. Finland has just rolled out a new global education branding program. There is a poison pill embedded in it, though. While they want everyone to aspire to be Finland, they've shifted their approach to be underpinned by ICT technology, just as classrooms all over the globe are. It's about predictive analytics and human capital management. Look up HPs work with Yet Analytics and Open Education Resources. It's all there, just follow the trail. xAPI-learning everywhere, as long as your learning data gets uploaded to the cloud to add to the data set. Finland is not all it's cracked up to be. This is a myth that needs to be deconstructed. http://www.phenomenaleducation.info/home.html 2017-06-26T14:44:07Z Comment by James Monti The West Warwick Public Schools has been a 1:1 Chromebook district for over 4 years, and I'm proud to say that we wholeheartedly reject the idea that we should abdicate our professional obligation over to an algorithm. We trust our teachers and our students to make the best decisions about what students need to do next in their educational journey. 2017-06-26T04:07:23Z
