The Light at the End of the Theory

The course I'm currently taking is coming to an end soon. It is about learning theory.

My view on how I learn hasn't really changed. I still believe that cognition and construtivism are the two learning theories that best describe how I learn.

I have recognized in studying learning theory that much of what I did not learn (or learned incorrectly) about interacting with people is the result of behaviorist learning concepts. The punishments and rewards for behavior conditioned me in certain ways that did not prepare me with people skills, for example.

In this class I have gained insight into how I can now learn better, by implementing connectivism (creating a personal learning network).

To update my thoughts from my previous post, I found citavi to be perhaps a part of my personal learning network, but not the center. I read Miguel Ghulin's post about PLNs and decided to try Diigo as the foundation of my PLN. At least for now. The half-life of this decision might be based on the half-life of the information I find during the first half of next week.

References

Guhlin, Miguel. (2012, October 1). “The CTO Challenge: Building Your Personal Learning Network” [Blog post] Retrieved from http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/columnists/guhlin/guhlin004.shtml