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Research

Robust evidence is vital in informing the development of strategy and policy that will improve outcomes for learners and the system as a whole. We develop and disseminate robust evidence on the impact of ICT on education.

Personalising learning: the learner perspective


This research, carried out by University of Sussex and Durham, will find out how learners and their representatives have influenced schools' decisions to introduce, support, and grow opportunities for personalising through the use of technology. The project seeks to respond to the following questions:

  • How have the demands of the e-mature or the e-confident learner affected the planning and teaching at their primary/secondary schools?
  • What initiatives are working well now, and what's possible for the future, taking into account the strategic ambitions of all stakeholders in the field?
  • Which learner demands, once met, have had the biggest impact on hard-to-reach learners? What about other groups? What are the contexts, and which aspects are transferable? Researchers must identify which aspects are transferable inside the school sector, and which aspects are transferable to other educational phases.
  • What specific actions have followed the take-up of learner initiatives in terms of past commitments and future planning for teacher CPD? This will help to define the range of impacts.
  • How has the impact and value of these interventions been measured?

Fieldwork completed in December 2007.

The executive summary is available to download in Word (246KB), PDF (56KB) or ODT (72KB).

The full report is available to download in Word (1,289KB), PDF (306KB) or ODT (925KB).

The review report is available to download in Word (146KB), PDF (118KB) or ODT (81KB).

Video - Technology and personalising learning - Serlby School in Doncaster uses technology to personalise learning

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Last modified: 10 February 2009