Reflection & Learning

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 Having started my essay and looking more closely into Kolbs learning theory and Downes connectivism theory I began to struggle with the factual learning I often experienced whilst at school.

Being dyslexic is a problem for me learning in conventional ways. My dyslexia presents itself as being unable to process what I read - Yep - so that makes it tricky for conventional learning. It wasn’t until I was diagnosed and given help and advice on how to learn that my grades began to improve. It was explained to me that I learn in a different way and that my brain prefers doing / or watching something rather than reading. 

So I nearly always search for videos first. Having done this on this topic I have realised this is exactly what this topic is about. What a relief ! 

By watching someone else explain to me what the theory is I feel more able to go back and read the text books. Although to be honest in school I didn’t always do that - I just relied on videos !

Here are some useful videos I found on Kolb and Downes. I hope you find them useful like I did.

I also changed the experiences in my essay - another good example on how reflecting on what you are doing can help you improve. I thought of more interesting experiences. Any comments would be appreciated. I write my essay but am not sure it was what was expected !


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ObQ2DheGOKA


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KP06I4iVfLs


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Oa2ULVZhDlA


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