Meaning of individualised and ubiquitous learning

Teaching and learning both have undergone major changes, due to the development of information technology. Way of learning keeps evolving from time to time, with new research and ideas implemented frequently keeping the advancement of technology in mind.

The dictionary meaning for individualistic is:

          1.   “more interested in individual people than in society as a whole”
      2.  “marked by or expressing individuality”

(Oxford University Press, 2013)

And ubiquitous is “present, appearing, or found everywhere” (Oxford University Press, 2013)

To sum it up in lay man terms, A technique which is focused on a particular individual or group of similar individuals but present anytime and everywhere. This only can be possible by using the digital technologies available or created.

By individualistic approach exactly means that a person can choose what they want to learn at a suitable time and place of their choice, and by making it present and available 24/7 on the cloud in the form of blogs or wiki it makes his study material ubiquitous but yet individualistic.

The latest trend in digital learning is m-learning, as the current generation wants gain knowledge on the move using laptops, iPad, androids, windows phone etc.. (Geogiev, Georgieva, & Smrikarov, 2004)

If given a choice a current generation student will prefer such medium of education than the generic based traditional approach.

Podcast, live streaming also are very good methods which are a part of many ongoing researches.

Note: Also read a brilliant article I found: http://eprints.ulster.ac.uk/24968/1/JIDE-SocialNetworkAnalysis.pdf 

Works Cited

Geogiev, T., Georgieva, E., & Smrikarov, A. (2004). M-Learning - a New Stage of Е-Learning. International Conference on Computer Systems and Technologies - CompSysTech’2004, (pp. 1-5).

Oxford University Press. (2013, March 1). Oxford Dictionaries. Retrieved from http://oxforddictionaries.com: http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english