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How to Help Student Succeed by Taking Ownership of Their Learning Online Through Personal Learning

Thursday, July 30, 2020
11:00 am – 12:00 pm (Eastern Time)

The terms “personalized learning” and “personal learning” are frequently used in online learning but are very different concepts.

Join Stephen Downes, a specialist in online learning technology and new media and Contact North | Contact Nord Research Associate, for an interactive one-hour webinar to assist faculty and instructors on how to help students succeed by taking ownership of their learning online utilizing the concept of personal learning.

In this webinar, you learn:

  • The difference between ‘personalized learning’ and ‘personal learning’.
  • Why personal learning is the preferred concept for student success.
  • Key starting points for personal learning, objectives, learning processes and forms of evaluation that best suit personal learning.
  • Strategies to implement personal learning in the form of support for remote teaching, online learning, and lifelong learning.

Host:

Stephen Downes
Contact North | Contact Nord Research Associate

Stephen Downes is a specialist in online learning technology and new media, is one of the originators of the first Massive Open Online Course, has published frequently about online and networked learning, has authored learning management and content syndication software, and is the author of the widely read e-learning newsletter OLDaily. Through a thirty-year career Downes has contributed pioneering work in the fields of online learning games, learning objects and metadata, podcasting, open educational resources. He is a popular keynote speaker and has spoken in three dozen countries on six continents.