Understand the core benefits and challenges of personalised learning and agency in real-world classrooms.

Learn how to support individual student needs without being overwhelmed.

Develop a clear, school-wide strategy for implementing agency-based approaches at scale.

Personalised Learning Doesn’t Have to Mean Chaos

This course tackles the real-world challenge of implementing personalised learning and fostering student agency in today’s classrooms. While the theory is compelling—more choice equals more engagement—the practice can be overwhelming. As educators, we’re faced with shifting power dynamics, limited time, and the pressure to meet every learner where they are. In this course, we’ll explore both the why and the how. You’ll gain a strong theoretical foundation on the value of agency, and more importantly, practical strategies to make it work in your own context. Through guiding questions like “What support does each student need?” and “How can I provide that support to all students effectively?”, we’ll build a framework for sustainable, student-centered teaching. You’ll leave this course with a clearer understanding of your evolving role as a facilitator of diverse learning paths—and the tools to make that shift not only possible, but powerful.

Meet Mariel Reid

Mariel, a seasoned educator specializing in gifted and neurodivergent students. With a master’s in Pastoral Care, she explores student agency and engagement as an MYP teacher. Experienced in cutting-edge projects like Google Gemini and Italy’s first AI + Education Fellowship, she advocates for ethical AI in education.

Meet Rita Bateson

Rita is the Co-founder and Director of Education at Eblana Learning. She is a renowned educator, author, and mentor with over 20 years in international education. A former Senior Curriculum Manager at IB Global Headquarters, she was also the founding Head of School for an IB continuum school. Rita now focuses on helping schools ethically embrace AI, offering expert guidance to navigate rapid technological change.

Curriculum

8 Chapters · 26 Lessons

  1. 1

    AI and Pesonalized Learning

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      Course Welcome

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      Course Structure

  2. 2

    Engage

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      Getting Started

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      Course Overview

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      Pre-Course Reflection

  3. 3

    Explore the Big Ideas

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      Exploring the Ideas of Personalization in Learning

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      Quick Read

  4. 4

    Explain the Requirements

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      Explain

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      Personalized Learning Models and Approaches

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      Demo - Choice Boards

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      Your Turn! Reflect and PBL

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      Demo - PBL

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      Facilitation, Structure and Assessment

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      Demo - Rubrics and Next Steps

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      Learning Check Activity

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    Elaborate on the Implementation in Schools

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      Elaborating on the Ideas

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      Educator Prompt Toolkit

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      Unit Planner - Human Agency and Progress

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    Evaluate

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      Evaluate

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      Challenges and Constraints

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      Summary

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      Closing Remarks

  7. 7

    Embedding Your Learning

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      Embed

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      Recommendations

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      Bibliography

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    Extend

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      Extend

Personalised Learning, Practical Teaching

This course gives you the tools to support every student’s growth—ethically, efficiently, and with confidence.

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