When we think about popular software, we picture sites like Amazon, Netflix, and Hulu: the pros of personalization.
As Amazon users shop, they buy everything from toilet paper to college textbooks, dog food, and nutritional supplements depending on lifestyle and AI-generated product recommendations.
As viewers watch Netflix, they stream endless hours of reality television or hard-hitting dramas or true-crime documentaries depending on personal preference and, more often than not, previous search requests.
These sites don’t discriminate based on age, interests, intellect or socioeconomic status, and neither does adaptive learning, an educational model changing the landscape of learning from a one-size-fits-all atmosphere, to a customized tool for students of all ages. Regardless of learning ability and prior knowledge, adaptive learning helps any student willing to learn.
To help you better understand the basics and benefits of adaptive learning, we’re breaking down a few must-knows.
- Adaptive learning helps teachers as well as students
- Adaptive learning engages the area between a student’s comfort zone and frustration zone
- School and Universities across the country have already adopted adaptive learning and personalization techniques:
- When it comes to adaptive learning, BE PICKY
- The U.S. Department of Education is investing in adaptive learning.
There are endless benefits to adaptive learning technology – students can track improvement and develop a sense of personal responsibility for their academic progress, students who’ve fallen behind on a subject have additional resources to draw from, and teachers can develop lesson plans tailored specifically to the classroom of students before them.
The adaptive learning model even extends beyond binge-watching platforms and educational models. AL has been implemented to improve training techniques within NASA and branches of the U.S. military, boasting revolutionary success and changing the way we approach educational improvement.
Invest in adaptive learning and whip your students in shape – NASA-style.
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