How We Learn! Assessed Activity 1.1

Assessed Activity 1.1 Learning Theories

About Ubiquitous Learning:

Once upon a time there was no such thing as distance learning, streaming or YouTube for teaching materials, this meant that to be taught something, someone who had the knowledge would physically have to be there to teach anyone anything.

That is not the case in 2015. Ubiquitous learning is now, if not, very close to the mainstream, because of technologies like wireless, twitch and other forms of communication in real time (sort of real time) makes Ubiquitous learning very easy. Ubiquitous learning is the the form of teaching and or learning anytime, anywhere.

A couple of examples of ubiquitous learning are for one, the institute I attend E.I.T has a campus in Gisborne, Some of the classes are streamed live from Gisborne so the teacher in Hawke's Bay can tutor the students in Gisborne. This is ubiquitous learning.

Another example of ubiquitous learning is the use of YouTube. If someone wants to learn a piano song, usually they would hire a piano tutor and ask the tutor to teach them the song they would like to learn. Not with ubiquitous learning, anyone can look up on YouTube a piano song, a guitar song or any instrument, and someone, somewhere out there will have what you need.

About Individualized Learning:

Personalised learning is just how it sounds. It is about getting students to take control of their own learning, as each individual has their own strengths and weaknesses.

What this means is that each student needs to understand how they learn, what drives them to learn and what is the best method for them to learn the most efficient way they can. For example a student may be very good at learning while a teacher teaches the student the content, while another student may become, disinterested, discouraged and bored.

The best example i can think of for personalised learning is learning methods. There are several types, there is Cognitive, Visual, Audio, Kinaesthetic, Verbal  and many others now.

Different people learn better in different ways, for example Joe may find that he studies better if the information he needs to remember is in drawings, while Sally finds it much easier to listen to the teacher tell her the information she needs.

All of these aspects come under personalised learning and finding what suits you best can make a huge impact on an individuals learning.

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