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GDES2014 – Learning Methods – Task 1

GDES2014 – Children’s Book Design

As part of the]is weeks lecture we were paired up and asked to interview the person we were sat with to determine what type of learner they are from the following : Aduitory, Visual or Kinesthetic.

We then had to create a blog post from our partners answers, effectively creating an “interview” f ourselves.

  • Q1 – What kind of learner (or mix of) are you?
  • A – I think a combination of all of them.
  • Q2 – Why do you think this, please explain giving one or more examples.
  • A – Audio – When I’m working I listen to music as it focuses my mind and motivates me.  Visual – I’m a designer, I like pictures.  Kinesthetic – I’m very tactile, I like the touch and feel and smell of things (I’m a touchy, feely kind of a person).
  • Q3 – When you were a child in school did you use specific techniques to learn better?
  • A -When revising in school (and now) I tended to take complicated chunks of information, read through and highlight key points.  I would then rewrite the notes to improve my understanding of them and collect them in manner I understand.  I then use repetition and simplification by creating bullet points, this then helps the important information to sink in and creates information triggers based on word play.  I also use mind mapping.
  • Q4 – What situations do you find it difficult to learn in and what would help to improve?
  • A – Loud or noisy environments.  I’m also not great at working in groups where everyone has ideas and they vocalize them at the same time, everyone wants to talk but no-one wants to listen, this can send me to meltdown.  I often prefer to work alone.
  • Q5 – When you do research for a module, do you have any ‘tricks’ that help you better take in the things you find and relate to projects ongoing?
  • A – See response for question 3, but to expand on mind mapping.  I tend to write down key words and then connect lots of other words/topics which helps me when creating new ideas.
  • Q6 – Has hearing this today given you a ‘lightbulb moment’?
  • A -No, not at all.  The information is nothing new to me as I’ve done similar exercises in the past. That said, it does make you stop and think about how I could further develop my learning techniques.