Above is a link to an article where 'Scientists make a case for good ol’ pen and paper'.
I found this article to be quite an interesting read, on a number of levels.
For me, yes, this is research. But we know that there is always the counter-argument. And we know that the brain performs differently for all of us.
The research suggests that using laptops in classes may be harming 'learning'. That is possibly quite so. But if I could use Jordan as a good working example to contest this line of thinking. He demonstrated just last Thursday in class, just how well he could use his laptop to put together an excellent summary of the Meghan Ramsay formative talk. I'm not sure that I could have done that on one hearing but it worked very well for him. But this helps to clarify the notion that we are all able to learn, think, visualise, hear and listen to things in different ways. And this, in my opinion, has to be a good thing.
This supposition was true for the assessed presentations you all put together. I oversaw a variety of different learning methodologies to get from A to B, and the results were nothing short of excellent. 23 well researched, structured, reasoned deliveries, demonstrating clear lines of thinking. You all tackled the assessment differently though, in terms of fact finding, preparing visuals, note taking, question asking and much more.
I myself am a verbal and visual learner, but that style doesn't suit everybody and is arguably a good thing to be different from each other in terms of learning practice.
Let me know what you think and here is an interesting supplementary link to learning styles which you might be interested in for future reading:
https://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/doctoralcollege/training/eresources/teaching/theories/honey-mumford
If you click on the photo below you will see it a little better. Which style suits you, and has this changed since August?
Feedback below as always please.
Mark
Interesting read. I quite liked the term " expand your band width" by learning and adopting different styles to work more effectively in any situation be it spontaneously or planned. I am more of a combination of solitary and social. I enjoy working alone as I can run wild with my thoughts and adapt my character in my work, which I can not do when working in a group setting. I also enjoy wiworkininna group, sharing ideas and hearing other people's points of view.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your thoughts Simbi. Sometimes the situation dictates the context of
ReplyDeletehow we learn of course. If we are able to choose the context often makes us more comfortable, that’s true. But where we are forced into a learning style the rewards can be really effective too. All the best, Mark
I agree with this article. I take a lot of handwritten notes. We type without looking at the letters on the keyboard but watch every letter we write down so I do feel it "sinks in" when written. I have 6 notice boards in my study and each one has hand written post it notes etc as a study tool.
ReplyDeleteBrilliant, as a matter of interest, that noticeboard and post it note strategy is EXACTLY how I operated at Uni. It was a method that worked pretty well for me! Great stuff. Mark
ReplyDeleteI know I am a visual learner so seeing my notes helps a huge deal.
ReplyDeleteSnap! I’m always fascinated with how the brain works and how we learn. The trick is, that there’s no right or wrong and if it works, stick with it. The end result is the overriding factor! The scones were superb by the way, thank you!
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