Sara de Freitas is Professor of Virtual Environments and Director of Research at the Serious Games Institute, University of Coventry, UK. Dr Chris Yapp is Head of Public Sector Innovation at Microsoft. Chris has worked in the IT industry for 25 years in a variety of roles. His long-term interests have been in Networking and Education and he has specialized in the areas of lifelong learning, e-government, the creative industries and social exclusion in the emerging knowledge society. He is a frequent public speaker on strategic issues around IT and has been a member of a number of Government Advisory Groups. He is an Associate of the Think Tank DEMOS, a Trustee of the educational charity MirandaNet and a Patron of the National Association for Able Children in Education, NACE.
Foreword by Tim Brighouse
Introduction to the Contributions - Personalization: Is there a consensus?
The Challenge: ICT and Personalized Learning
1. Harnessing technology to personalize the learning experience
Diana Laurillard
Policy Papers
2. The paradox of choice and personalization
Sara de Freitas
3. Personalization in the Curriculum: A view from learning theory
Helen Beetham
4. Leadership for Personalizing Learning
John West-Burnham
5. Personalizing Learning: ICT enabling universal access
Neil McLean
6. Aimhigher, widening participation to higher education and personalized
learning
Graeme Atherton
7. Workforce Reform and Personalized Learning
Chris Yapp
Practice Papers
8. Personalized Learning: Personalized schooling
Derek Wise 9. Personalized Learning in Practice: Challenges, approaches
and ICT
Bob Banks
10. Knowledge and Skills for Individuals: A tiered approach
Rob Arntsen and Tom Holland
11. Personal Learning Tools and Environments: Their role in supporting the
independent lifelong learner
Sarah Davies
12. Personalized Learning: A failure to collaborate?
Malcolm Moss
13. Online Learning: Can communities of practice deliver personalization in
learning?
14. e-Portfolios: A personal space for learning and the learner voice
Shane Sutherland
15. Designing Spaces for Personalizing Learning: Spaces for personalizing
learning or personalizing spaces for learning?
Tom Franklin and Jill Armstrong 16. Personalized Learning and
Accessibility: Adaptability at the point of delivery
Alistair McNaught and John Sewell
17. Personalized e-Learning in Primary and Secondary Education: The impact
of inconsistent definitions and goals
Rachada Monthienvichienchai
18. Personal Learning with Mobile and Wireless Technologies
Ros Smith
19. Enabling Personalization through Context Awareness
Laura Naismith
Focus Group Discussion
20. Personalizing Learning: Is there a shared vision?
Sara de Freitas, Chris Dickinson and Chris Yapp
Afterword
William H. Dutton
About the authors
Index
