How I Learn

At the beginning of this course, all classmates had to post on the discussion board what type of learner we each believed that we were.  Now that we are approaching the end of the course, it is not time to review our initial response to our learning type post from week one and reflect upon that.

I completely stand by my original learning style of being a kinesthetic learner and that visual and audio learning absolutely does not work for me as I have exhibited this throughout the years and in previous tests.  I also completely stand by my original post that I am both a Behavioral and Cognitive learner combined because, again, I am a hands-on learner but I also learn by observing behavior.  On the cognitive side, I have a tendency to process information best from previous experience and by duplicating knowledge; whereas on the behavioral side, I am very observative and by repeating experiences I tend to learn better. 

I can relate on some level to constructivist, social learning, and connectivism theories; however I do not believe I exhibit many tendencies of these.  Constructivist learners are more socially involved and participate in the social aspect of learner, which I tend to shy away from as I am introverted.  Social learning again focuses more on the social aspect of things, with a little behavior activity, but is still not relatable to my learning style.  Connectivism is all about networking and not being an individual learner and deals a great deal with technology, so I do demonstrate a small bit of this learning; however, it is still very social-related, which again, is not a good fit for me.

Technology plays a huge role in my learning these days as I use the internet in many aspects of my course work.  Anytime that I am interested in finding information on any topic, my first instinct is to go to the web and do some research, which is always very beneficial for me.  I also exploit my network of friends if I feel that I need input or more info on a topic. I completely utilize spreadsheets, word processing, and even databases as needed when recording information for my courses or just as a way to keep record of various information.  Without the use of technology, I am not sure that I could find enough time to finish my coursework in this day and age so I am very appreciative of everything that technology has to offer.