Learning

 

How do we learn?

Most of learn different ways which may seem logical but educators deliver the knowledge the way they are comfortable with it and not always the way that student need to learn.

Here are some of the ways we learn:

1. Listening to lectures
2. Listening to lectures with PowerPoints
3. Reading chapters of a text
4. Watching a video
5. Listening to an audiobook
6. Class discussions
7. Preparing for and taking tests
8. Performing online research
9. Writing a paper
10. Working on a project
11. Working with a team
12. Making presentations

I remember when I was in high school/college/technical training classes/seminars, I had a difficult time learning to presentations.  It did not matter how outstanding the speaker war, how interesting the PowerPoints, or how interesting the material was, it just was not the best way for me to learn, understand, and retain.

Quite by accident, I started to listen to audiobooks while driving to a job that was an hour away.  Two hours in the car each day or 10 hours a week.

As I listened to these books, I discovered that it was easy for me to understand and retain...  I often wished that I had that capability when I was in high school and college because I am sure my life would have taken a different direction...