This week in working in digital media we had a guest speaker called Geraldine Gray. She is from the Department of informatics in ITB. She came in to talk to us about the different styles of learning. There are 60 different ways of learning. I was amazed by this fact.
The different types of learning include:
- Learning Channels: How we take in information
- Cognitive Strengths: How we commit information to memory
- Manner/Style of learning: How people process information to understand it.
- Personality type influences: How your personality effects the way you learn
- Types of learning behavior: Different types of intelligence.
Channel/Mode of learning
- Visual
- Kinasthetic
- Auditory
Auditory:
Auditory learners learn best by hearing information. They remember things quicker when something is explained orally to the person. E.G. Talking Aloud, Listening to a lecture, discussing in small or large groups of people.
Visual:
Visual learners learn best from seeing things. They can remember information best if they see it wrote down. There are two types of visual learners. Visual Linguistic and Visual Spatial.
Visual Linguistic: Love written word. They can remember stuff after seeing it only once.
Visual Spatial: This type of learner learns best from of charts, diagrams, video and other types of visual materials.
Kinasthetic:
Kinasthetic learners learn best while touching or moving. E.G. Doing, Hands on approach (manipulation, objects, simulations, live events) Field trips to gain knowledge, and small group discussions.
Tend to loose concentration when there is little external stimulation or movement.
I’m a kinasthetic learner so i am going to write a bit more on this one than the other ones.
Kinasthetic learners have problems with different things. For e.g. having legible cursive handwriting, sitting still (I am having great difficulty with that right now), listening to lectures for more than 4 minutes, spelling, recalling what is seen or heard, expressing emotions without physical movement and sticking with one activity.
The Labs:
This week in the labs we made a 3D model of a surfboard after it had been bitten by a shark. This was quite fun to do!! Playing around with shapes and learning the basics of Adobe Illustrator.
