A short exploration of learning and learning styles aimed a first year university students

1. Learning Styles Orna Farrell Orna.farrell@dbs.ie

2. The importance of learning Employment Employability Change Personal Development Organisational Learning

3. Learning: Behaviourists Behaviourist Learning through stimulus, response & reward Pavlov (1927) Skinner (1965) Conditioning Input.......output

4. Learning: Cognitive Perception, memory & concept formation Demonstrate understanding by applying knowledge to solving a problem Kolb(1984) Experiential learning

5. Successful learning Write down, something you think you are good at........... Write down a few words about how you became good at this.................

6. Successful learning Did you write? Practice Trial and error Repetition Having a go Experimenting Most people “learn by doing"

7. Did you know? It is claimed that the average rate of retention when learning new material is: 10% of what is read 20% of what is heard 30% of what is seen 50% of what is seen and heard 70% of what the trainee says 90% of what the trainee says and does (Foot and Hook 1996, p. 180)

8. Learning in College •Autonomy •Accountability •Time Management •Interactive •Asking, not just listening!

9. VAKS learning styles (for your portfolio) The theory of learning styles assumes that each individual has a specific way of learning, when used can improve performance Visual: seeing and reading Auditory: listening and speaking Kinaesthetic: touching and doing

10. What is your learning style? Visual: use of seen or observed things, including pictures, diagrams, demonstrations, displays, handouts, films, flip-chart Auditory:involves the transfer of information through listening: to the spoken word, of self or others, of sounds and noises Kinaesthetic:involves physical experience -touching, feeling, holding, doing, practical hands-on experiences

11. Your learning style Are you surprised by the result? What are the class learning styles?

12. What now? You can use your learning style to tailor your study and learning methods You can describe your learning style in your porfolio