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Learner variability
Definition
Differences among learners in needs, backgrounds, abilities, contexts, experiences, and ways of engaging with or using a learning system.
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Designing for variability shifts attention away from an assumed average learner and toward technologies and experiences that can work across diverse people and settings.
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- CIRCLS / Digital Promise — Unveiling the Value of Exploration — PDF p. 36 · report p. 36 — Equitable Co-Designed Learning and Practice — learner variability as a design consideration in context-driven and customizable learning environments (direct)
- CIRCLS / Digital Promise — Unveiling the Value of Exploration — PDF p. 37 · report p. 37 — User-directed customization and learner variability across diverse learning environments (direct)