Netex Webinar | Adaptive Learning, the future of learning? [EN]

Mike ByrneNetex UK Country Manager

Agenda

• Introductions• What is adaptive learning?• Netex approach to adaptivity• SmartContent

Rubén Míguez PérezEdTech Product Manager

Our first adaptive learning environment

What do we understand by adaptive learning?

“Adaptive learning is an education technology that can respond to a student's interactions in real-time by automatically providing the student with individual support.“

Kelly Blair.

Adaptive Content

Adaptive Assessment

Adaptive Sequence

The Hype Cycle for Education Are we ready for the “Slope of Enlightenment”?

HORIZON 2015 (K12)

Adaptive learning (2-3 years)

HORIZON 2016 (HighEd)

Adaptive learning (1-2 years)

What are the main drawbacks of the adaptive tools in the market?

They are black-boxes for teachers and students.

Technology focused instead of teacher-oriented.

We should empower instructors not to replace them.

Disruption of the traditional classroom dynamics.

Lack of good data about the efficacy of this tools.

What do we understand by adaptive learning?

“The greatest adaptive mechanism is the classroom teacher. The data the tool provides should be used to provoke instructional changes in the classroom.”

What do we understand by adaptive learning?

“The goal of adaptive tools should be to review what students are working on and where they are headed”

What do we understand by adaptive learning?

“Adaptive learning tools that give choice to students and teachers are powerful”

The main goal of an adaptive learning tool

GIVE INFORMATION AND TOOLS TO THE INSTRUCTOR FOR EASILY CHANGE CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION BASED ON THE STUDENTS NEEDS.

Smart Content

A new ecosystem of digital services on top of a publisher content!

Smart Content can include five different layers of services on top of a digital content.

The power of the 5 layers

Embedded authoringEach layer can provide complementary services to other layers:

Embedded authoring + Learning analytics:Publishers can learn how their users build new contents

Collaboration + Embedded authoring:Teachers can create new activities based on videoconference.

Learning analytics

Collaboration

Gamification (2017)

Personalization (2017)

Smart Content for Education

Instructor-led adaptive toolDiversity AwarenessReal-time performance dataGuided training and personalized assignments

Smart Content for Corporate settings

Productivity tool for trainersSkill gap detectionReal-time videoconferenceReal-time collaboration among trainer and peers

HOW IT WORKS

INSTRUCTORLOGIN

LMS

UNIT 1

UNIT 2

UNIT 3

SMART CONTENT

LTI LINK

STUDENTLOGIN

Addingcontent

Analyticalinfo

Collaborationfeatures

GRADES

DEMO