Saturday, March 2, 2013

Reflection: EDUC 6115 Wk 8


The most striking things I learned were how overwhelmingly large this concept of learning is, as well as,  how it continues to evolve over time. Furthermore, exploring cognitive, constructive and behavioral theories gave me clear understanding of behaviorism and cognitivism. It has also given me the chance to be informed about the theory of constructivism.  Connectivism, too, was very intriguing and allowed me to identify with the theory I would utilize more than others, even though other theories are useful. Connectivism would be the basis of utilizing technology integration and project based learning. Using mobiles makes learning become unlimitedly boundless.
This course has reinforced my initial understanding styles, and strategies and clarified theories. The “cherry picker” idea to use each - ism as needed  is useful when teaching and learning I discovered learning for me is a blend of cognitivism, behaviorism, and constructivism due to the fact that, what is being learned may require one of the three approaches. Depending on what I am learning or teaching I may need the stimulus or example like a behaviorist, the conceptualization of the cognitivism or the interpretation of experience of constructivism. I have learned more about being a multi-sensory learner, blend of tactile, visual ,verbal styles, and how to maintain and enhance this to improve learning experience as teacher student and designer There is no single best approach or practice but I feel like being an adaptive learner or adaptive in education is essential to teaching and  learning.
This course has reinforced my initial understanding styles and strategies and clarified theories. People can still be social without being in the same physical location. The Timeline for the History of Learning is a very important resource for showing how and why people learn and basis of how people teach. It and other course resources similarly showed me why some theories are rejected or accepted. Learning in this course has and will continue to help me further my education career and in the field of instructional design. This will help me as a person, a student and educator look at learning in its fullness and complexity . What I have you learned in regards to the connection between learning theories, learning styles, educational technology, and motivation is students learn in a variety of means just as teachers’ teacher in a number methods. Education must be designed where all elements previously listed to motivate the learner and teacher to identify purpose achieve or fulfill their devoted interest learning.