The next stage of my own learning journey is towards a Doctorate. The research working title is "The Role of the Teacher in relation to children's Personalised Online Learning" and this research is essentially all about exploring the influences upon the behaviour of us teachers in facilitating genuine personalisation of online learning.
I believe that for something to be personalised, it has to be done by the person on the receiving end, otherwise, it's just differentiating under another name. BUT, for us teacher-folk, trying to jump through the exam/league table/inspection hoops, taking the risks of changing our behaviour to enable children to personalise their own learning is a bit of a challenge (to say the least!).
So, this research will hopefully un-earth some ideas about how we can do this - confidently, securely, safely, and with a positive impact upon the qualilty of our own, and our student's learning.
Will be keeping this research on a very special Blog (called Personalising Online Learning: Choice, Discovery & Empowerment)
