Differentiated e-Learning: What it is and five approaches
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Author(s): Kathleen Scalise
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Abstract
When curriculum adjusts to fit individual learners or groups of learners, whether in the classroom or online, this is called differentiated instruction. It is an approach to teaching that acknowledges people have multiple paths for learning and for making sense of ideas. Differentiated instruction has swept through the schools in the last decade, picking up many dedicated advocates, and e-learning fits right in because technology can make curriculum adjustments easy to do. Here we outline five current strategies for differentiation in e-learning, sometimes called e-diff.