Decoding Adaptive

With the rapid growth of blended learning and technology more generally in schools, asking if educational software is capable of adapting to students’ needs is commonplace. Open Ideas at ɫèAV has partnered with colleagues at EdSurge to develop a report which defines adaptive learning in plain terms, and opens the black box on the exact ways a tool can adapt to learners.

About Open IdeasÌýat ɫèAV

ɫèAV’s goal is to help people make progress in their livesÌýthrough learning. This means we’re always learning too.Ìý

This series of publications, Open Ideas, is one of the ways inÌýwhich we do this. We work with some of the best minds inÌýeducation – from teachers and technologists, to researchersÌýand big thinkers – to bring their independent ideas andÌýinsights to a wider audience.

How do we learn, and what keeps us motivated to do so?ÌýWhat is the body of knowledge and skills that learners needÌýas we move into the second half of the 21st Century? HowÌýcan smart digital technologies be best deployed to realizeÌýthe goal of a more personalized education? How can weÌýbuild education systems that provide high quality learningÌýopportunities for all?

These questions are too important for the best ideas to stayÌýonly in the lecture theatre, on the bookshelf, or alone in oneÌýclassroom. Instead they need to be found and supported,Ìýshared and debated, adopted and refined.

Decoding Adaptive - full report