- What is my preferred learning style – sensing, sequential, visual, and active/reflective.
What sorts of learning experiences would suit you best with your learning style? As a sensing learner I like to: learn facts, solving problems by well-established methods and. I dislike: complications and surprises, resent being tested on material that has not been explicitly covered in class, and courses that have no apparent connection to the real world. I am good at: memorizing facts, doing hands-on (laboratory) work. I am: patient with details, practical and careful. As a visual learner I remember best when I see pictures, diagrams, flow charts, time lines, films, and demonstrations. As a sequential learner I gain understanding in linear steps, with each step following logically from a previous on, and I tend to follow logical stepwise paths in finding solutions.
- In a traditional classroom of 25 students, I would support the range of learning styles each lesson by: giving a global overview picture of the topic and how it relates to the real world, before sequencing the learning steps; using as many different ways of presenting the material as possible, such as diagrams, tables, graphs, verbally going over and/or summarising the material; limiting rote learning of facts to a minimum; including where/when possible hands-on and/or problem solving activities; leaving enough time for students to reflect on their learning and the topic.
- With my current knowledge of ICT, I could design digital pedagogy to support my learners better by: learning what is available, how to use it, and how to integrate it with the syllabus requirements and with the resources available in the school/classroom. Currently, my skills run to word documents, excel spread sheets and PowerPoint.
- The sorts of profiling questions I could be asking about my learners to ensure that I cater for everyone's preferences could be do they prefer: pictures and diagrams or listening to information, seeing the whole picture and how this relates to other areas or do they build on their knowledge by building up a big picture by putting all the pieces together, to learn facts and figures or to see how this information relates to the real world.
- How does ICT support differences in learning styles? Learners can learn at their own pace, at a level that is extending their learning but not that advanced that the learner disengages, take a risk in a non-threatening environment, have multiple attempts, and gives immediate feedback.
- I found the test to describe how I learn very accurately. As a result of my preferred learning style I find mathematics and science subjects easier to master than more creative subjects. I really enjoy the problem solving aspects of Engineering. I find the sequential ordering of most online courses suit my learning style. Most software programs are set out in a very orderly logical manner, which I find easy to work with (once I have determined how and why to use it). I need a need to find an activity worthwhile. I really need develop my collaborative learning; as this is something I have not used outside my family life for many years, and something I feel is very important in any working environment.
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