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February 16, 2015
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Global Math Department

(talk was never given)

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Audrey Watters

February 16, 2015

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Transcript

  1. The Problem with “Personalization” Global Math Department - May 2014

    Audrey Watters @audreywatters

  2. There is no photographic evidence to support this anecdote

  3. #neveragain

  4. What do we mean by “personalization”?

  5. Nothing “personalizes” a worksheet better than your favorite singer… oh…

    wait…

  6. “If you learn concept No. 513 best in the morning

    between 8:20 and 9:35 with 80 percent text and 20 percent rich media and no more than 32 minutes at a time, well, then the odds are you’re going to learn every one of 12 highly correlated concepts best that same way.” — Knewton CEO

  7. “Personalization” and Equity

  8. Thoughts?