Share Paper: What teachers want from digital educational tools for personalized learning

  1. Geertje Damstra, Oberon - educational research institute (www.oberon.eu), Netherlands
  2. Rianne Exalto, Oberon, Netherlands
  3. Iris Remmerswaal, Kennisnet, Netherlands
Wednesday, June 26 11:15-11:45 AM Noord

Abstract: Teachers in Dutch schools increasingly personalize their lessons focusing their instruction and exercises on individual learners or subgroups of learners. Traditionally schools use one paid (digital) learning method by subject from one publisher. With the increasing use of information- and communication technology (ict) in classrooms and the wish to customize lessons to meet individual learning goals, teachers combine their traditional method with multiple (open source or paid) materials from the web. This way of working has implications for the properties of learning materials and data in education. To make sure policy makers are ready to meet the wishes and goals ...