Personalizing flipped engagement
smartblogs.comThree words seem to be dancing around in my head of late when it comes to current thinking about education: “personalization,” “engagement” and “flip.” All three were on display on the vendor floor and in session rooms at last week’s…
This profound article by Will Richardson adresses the need to “flip” ownership in education to those who are being educated, the students. From a base of student-owned and -operated classrooms, personal learning plans and learner engagement follow. But the key is for teachers to yield control of the learning agenda to those whose lives are being constructed in the activity.