Customizing and Personalizing a Curriculum
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There are ways to customize and personalize a branching curriculum using automated assessments and direction. The research mentions "stigmergy" trails through a curriculum based on other users' behaviors and experiences.
For direct online instructors, there are a rich variety of ways to customize and personalize a curriculum to different learners. Customizing and personalizing a curriculum allows for a better learning fit (and often outcomes) for individuals.
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Assignments
Assignments may be designed in a flexible way to allow students to pursue some of their own research interests, for example. Or the parameters of an assignment may be broadened to accept a wider range of expressiveness, such as allow a variety of multimedia, to fulfill the work.
Communications
Intercommunications may involve a rich range of communications between all the members of the course. They may involve both formal and informal, online and off-line, and other communications. Instead of responding to learners with set responses, it may help to have a wider range of responses based on the learners' interests. Some faculty will elicit student bios and career interests early on in a term, so as to be able to tailor unique responses.
Learner Supports
Learners often do not prefer a standardized approach. Unless the learners are homogeneous, they will likely have differing backgrounds with the subject matter. They may need different types of academic support and encouragement.