A framework for the delivery of personalized adaptive content

The number of students taking online courses has grown dramatically in recent years. Increasingly institutions are turning to adaptive platforms to deliver these online courses as they seek to offer personalized learning to each individual. The goal is to allow learners to progress at their own pace, place and convenience. Key to any learning system is the content through which the learning is delivered. Within the approach used by Realize^it learning platform, curriculum and content are separated. The curriculum is used to drive the direction of the personalized learning path, while the content is responsible for the delivery and presentation of the concepts to be learned. This paper outlines the content framework behind this approach which can enable the delivery of personalized adaptive learning.