When a teacher acts as a designer of learning experiences, she takes advantage of the wide range of learning materials available in the Information Age to help her students learn. She focuses on the needs of each student and determines the best way for each student to learn a given subject.

The teacher uses her knowledge of the subject matter to determine the best learning path for each individual student. The teacher may assign a project or assignment to the student and suggest any learning resources that would benefit the student.

The student carries out the learning as assigned. She learns from the resources that the teacher has chosen and completes any assigned projects or assignments. The student has some responsibility to stay on task while learning.

Many learning resources are available in the Information Age. The student could watch and listen to video and audio recordings, complete projects on the computer, read assigned readings, complete assigned worksheets, or complete a group project.

The teacher regularly checks back with the student to see how things are going, offer help and make any necessary adjustments for the student.

In this approach, the teacher spends less time on whole-class information presentation activities and more time working individually with each student. The teacher can effectively differentiate instruction by taking advantage of the wide range of learning materials available in the Information Age.