1. The teachers kit for personalized learning drMaria Zajac Pedagogical University Krakow, Poland

2. PROJECT GOAL TO ELABORATE THE TOOLS THAT WOULD HELP THE TEACHERS AND LEARNERS APPLY PERSONALIZED APPROACH TO LEARNING

3. Assumption 1: TECHNOLOGY IS ONLY THE TOOL NOT THE WAY dr Maria Zajac, PedagogicalUniversity Kraków, Poland

4. Assumption 2: TO ENABLE PERSONALIZED LEARNING BOTH THE TEACHERS AND THE LEARNERS themselves SHOULD KNOW the learning styles they use dr Maria Zajac, PedagogicalUniversity Kraków, Poland

5. front back the tasks and activities that students do for learning are adjusted to their individual learning styles tasks are grouped in sets of the flash cards each card contains one activity corresponding with a particular learning style there are several tasks for every style there are separate sets of cards for different school subjects and school levels FLASH CARD Supported learning style Description of the task General concept dr Maria Zajac, PedagogicalUniversity Kraków, Poland

6. Some examples front back back back Create a mental map Write an action plan Logical Draw a chart Write a scenario Work on wiki Complite a Webquest Social dr Maria Zajac, PedagogicalUniversity Kraków, Poland

7. Tools to be used For recognizing the learning styles Learning styles inventory: Preferred: KSTIW (in Polish) based on Memletics LSI (in English) (http://www.learning-styles-online.com/inventory/) It recognizes 7 LS, based on H.Gardner Multiple Intelligence Theory dr Maria Zajac, PedagogicalUniversity Kraków, Poland

8. For designing and carrying out activities Powered by: tagxedo.com dr Maria Zajac, Pedagogical University Kraków, Poland

9. Sample LSI results dr Maria Zajac, Pedagogical University Kraków, Poland

10. How to use it 1. The teacher should diagnose the learning styles his/her students use online 2. in the classroom A set of flash cards is available in the web and the teacher assigns (allows to choose) the tasks to the learners The teacher has a box of the printed cards and distributes them among his/her students according to their preferred LS 3. The tasks should be accomplished individually or in the groups 4. The tasks have comparable assessment value 5. The tasks are (if possible) based on web 2.0 tools dr Maria Zajac, PedagogicalUniversity Kraków, Poland

11. Pros and cons + – Teacher has to be aware of different LS his/her students use Necessity to design different activities/tasks for the same topics/skills/competences Necessity to asses different tasks for the same topic More complicated marking and grading Great amount of work at the beginning is needed Students activities are (better) adjusted to their individual LS Learning process is more efficient Cards could be reused and interchanged Assessment is less boring It is some sort of challenge dr Maria Zajac, Pedagogical University Kraków, Poland

12. Things to be done – pilot phase Organize a workshop for teachers who want to participate in the experiment and establish a group of the volunteers (October 2011) Diagnose the learning styles of the students (using the KSTIW questionnaire - offline version) Prepare the sets of flash cards for chosen school subjects (winter sem. 2011/2012) Use those cards in the classes (summer sem. 2011/2012) Collect observations, analyze them and introduce necessary changes/improvements Implement the online version of KSTIW questionnaire Additionally – consider verifying the influence of personalized tasks on students’ learning styles dr Maria Zajac, PedagogicalUniversity Kraków, Poland

14. Compare the results of using flash cards in the classroom and in online classes

15. Apply for a national grant that would allow to popularize the idea as an innovative solution among the teachers

16. Organize a series of workshops for teachers

17. Establish a web advisory centre for teachers

18. International collaboration (?)dr Maria Zajac, PedagogicalUniversity Kraków, Poland

19. Research questions Is there any difference in the results of teaching and learning by the use of individualised approach? Are the Web 2.0 technologies a significant help for personalization of learning? What is the teachers’ attitude towards personalized learning? dr Maria Zajac, PedagogicalUniversity Kraków, Poland

20. About the author Lecturer & researcherat: Computer Science Department PedagogicalUniversity, Krakow, Poland mzajac@up.krakow.pl Instructional designer at: Centre for Development of Distance and Continuing Education Warsaw School of Economics, Warsaw, Poland maria.zajac@sgh.waw.pl Skype: maria_zajac