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Learning and Research
How to have fun while doing both
Karin Treiber, Ph.D., Oak Brook, IL ResidencySeptember 2005
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With deep appreciation to...
Ron Gross and the ideas presented in his book, Peak Learning
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Worth pondering...
“Enthusiasm is one of the most powerful engines of success. When you do a thing, do it will all your might. Put your whole soul into it. Stamp it with your own personality. Be active, be enthusiastic and faithful, and you will accomplish your object. Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.” R.W. Emerson
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“Education is not filling a bucket, but lighting a fire.”
--William Yeats
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Outcomes for this session
Identify learning mythsIdentify ways to maximize
one’s learning styleApply a mind map and
other techniques as research tools
Develop an approach to the Walden learning journey
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Who or what inspired you?
Name two or three people who inspired you to learn
Name one or two moments you consider “peak” learning experiences
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Characteristics of peak learners
Feel best when learning something new
usually open to new ideas, information, experiences
keenly aware of how much they don’t know
Look for analogies, similarities, differences, and try to understand the connections
confident in ability to learn
invest time in personal growth
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Why do we learn?
EconomicsHealthTechnologySocialPersonal &
business relationships
Which of these have spurred you to learn?
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Obstacles
Anxiety about learningAnxiety about timeNegative myths about
learningPreconceived notions
about learning from schools
“Learning is boring, tedious,”…what else?
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What are some other myths about learning?
Boring, unenjoyable
Only deals with “school” subjects
One must be passive and receptive to “absorb” knowledge
Put oneself under another’s tutelage
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More myths about learning
Must be systematic, logical, planned
Must be thorough to be worth doing
“Everything begins…
with belief.” -- Norman
Cousins
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Principles of peak learning
Adults who take command of their learning master more things and better than those “taught” and have more zest in the process.
We learn differently than children.
What are some of the differences?
No one can learn for you. It is your
doing.
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As an adult
You can learn how to learn.You are already a superb
learner.You have your own
learning style.Your learn best when most
active mentally.
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Still more...
You can design your optimal learning environment. Be alert, comfortable, productive.
We learn most enjoyably by choosing from an array of media, methods, and experiences.
We can accelerate our learning right in our workplaces.
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Fears about learning:
Fear of learning
Plato’s story of the cave
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lack of understanding
told I cannot learn
don’t know how to learn efficiently
Fear of change
Changing one’s beliefs has implications
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won’t remember
ashamed by lack...
too much to learn
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Learning, emotions, beliefs
Your first degree…
What got you through it?
Was it a person, a dream, a decision, a conviction?
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Maximize your learning style
“Learning throughout life is now a key to personal success.”--R. Gross
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Belief & affirmations
Fall in loveStir your soulUse your experienceEnergize your brainCatch others’ enthusiasm
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Preferred learning styles
“Grouper”
finds relationships
draws parallels
jumps right in!
Stringer
methodical approach
details concepts
“academic” approach
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Learning quadrants
Facts
Structure
People
Feelings
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Personal intelligences
Linguistic
logical-mathematical
spatial
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More personal intelligences
Musical
bodily-kinesthetic
intrapersonal
interpersonal
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Match your learning style with your learning resources
Major resources print experiences--group, self,
games, … media nature others?
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Techniques that help learning
Mind maps -- the “V” heuristic model
Brain webs/clustering
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Mind maps: the “V”
Thinkingideasopinionsprior
experiencesimagesconceptshuncheshypothesesexpectations
Actioninterviewsconversationsresearchpreparationquestionsprospective
usesreading
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Mind maps: Clustering
Start with a key idea
Label branches
Return and add branches
Use arrows to show links
---Charles Hess, Carol Colman, Anne Robinson, Dudley Lynch
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Learning outcomes
6. Evaluate5. Synthesize4. Analyze3. Apply2. Comprehend1. Recall -- Benjamin
Bloom
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Personalizing your Walden journey
Select your learning goals
Choose your learning resources
Evaluate the results of your learning
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Goals for your journey?
KnowledgeUnderstandingSkillsAttitudesBehavioral
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Plan for your learning
Take 5% of your time to evaluate a resource, a residency, a KAM
Evaluate--the process is the product!
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Learning project plan--1
Choose your own goals
Marshall your full energy and enthusiasm
Take full advantage of…
Fine-tune your environment
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Learning project plan--2
Use your own styleBenefit from a wide range
of resourcesControl your timeUse innovative learning
techniquesBenefit from change, luck,
intuitionDetermine the results you
want from your learning
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“This above all: to thine own self be
true.”
--Hamlet, William Shakespeare