Customization Is the Future of Teaching

Most college courses are one-size-fits-all — a lecturer delivers the same information to everyone in the room, regardless of whether some students already know the material or others are utterly lost.

It doesn't have to be that way, says Chris Dede, a professor of learning technologies at Harvard University. He outlines a vision of how technology can help personalize learning in a new book that he co-edited, called Digital Teaching Platforms: Customizing Classroom Learning for Each Student.

His research focuses on elementary- and high-school classrooms, but he says the approach has implications for colleges as well. The Chronicle talked with Mr. Dede about his strategy, and why he sees big changes on the horizon.

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