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home > Media services > News > iClass handbook presented at final conference iClass handbook presented at final conference As part of the iClass project which comes to an end in June, European Schoolnet has produced a booklet to inform policy makers, researchers and practitioners about the project’s results. The publication titled ‘The Future of Learning? Results from the iClass project’ invites readers to know more about personalisation of education and how self regulation can help motivate learners. The publication was presented at the iClass symposium which was organised in Brussels on 26-27 May 2008. ‘The Future of Learning? Results from the iClass project’ invites the reader to know more about the pedagogical model of the iClass project: Self Regulated Personalised Learning. Behind this term is what teachers have always been trying to achieve in schools: motivate the learners by empowering them, teaching them how to make meaningful choices and reflect on them.The iClass system translates the ideas of the pedagogical model into an online platform which invites the learner to ‘plan, learn and reflect’. It is a prototype of what may well be common place in a few years’ time: a system which helps learners creates their own learning paths based on their preferences, mode of learning and character. At the heart of iClass is the idea that the learner should be placed at the centre of the system, rather than having a clever algorithm making decisions for him/her and steering his/her choices. In iClass – as explained in the book – individual learners take charge of their learning, make choices on what to learn next and how, and reflect on choices made in a personal journal; a private space where they can see for themselves how they have reached a skill or completed a project. How to render such a pedagogical concept using an online system? In the book each of the main concept in the iClass pedagogical model are described under two spotlights: theory (on the left-hand pages) and practice in the system (right-hand pages). This way the reader can see at a glance how a theoretical framework translates into concrete technical implementation. Other sections of the book include the history of the project and opinions of teachers raised during the iClass validation framework. The book has been printed in limited number and interested ministries of education, schools, and training centre can obtain information on how to obtain copies of the booklet from Paul Gerhard (paul.gerhard@eun.org) PDF version of the iClass book: One-page layout [PDF] Two-page layout [PDF] iClass platform: http://release.iclassproject.com
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