2. The Seven Learning Styles
1. Visual (spatial):You prefer using pictures, images,
and spatial understanding.
2. Aural (auditory-musical): You prefer using sound and
music.
3. Verbal (linguistic): You prefer using words, both in
speech and writing.
4. Physical (kinesthetic): You prefer using your body,
hands and sense of touch.
5. Logical (mathematical): You prefer using logic,
reasoning and systems.
6. Social (interpersonal): You prefer to learn in groups
or with other people.
7. Solitary (intrapersonal): You prefer to work alone
and use self-study.
3. Defining EBL
•Learner analyses
their experience
by reflecting,
evaluating, and
reconstructing it
in order to draw
meaning from it
in the light of
prior experience.
4. How is EBL different from didactic?
•Didactic learning
is most
commonly used
in college – how
is it different
from EBL?
5. EBL Assumptions
•Experience is
the foundation
of, and the
stimulus for
learning
The only source of knowledge is experience.
Albert Einstein
8. EBL Assumptions
•Learning is
socially and
culturally
constructed
Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to
remember from time to time that nothing that is
worth knowing can be taught.
Oscar Wilde
9. EBL Assumptions
•Learning is
influenced by the
socio-emotional
context in which
it occurs.
Educating the mind without educating the heart
is no education at all.
Aristotle
11. Challenges of EBL
•Learner negotiated curricula
•The ethnics of working with
deeply felt experiences
•Difficulty of operating within
organizational contexts
•Learner expectations
•Misunderstood as non-
academic
12. EBL Marketing
•Definition of marketing
•Marketing you have already
experienced
•Experiencing how others engage
in marketing
•Engaging in personal marketing
13. EBL Organizational Culture
•Definition of organizational
culture
•Organizational culture you have
already experienced
•Experiencing the organizational
culture of your workplace
•Visiting/examining the org cult
of others