Experience Based Learning (EBL)
Jan 14, 2015
Experience Based Learning (EBL)
The Seven Learning Styles1. 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.
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.
How is EBL different from didactic?
•Didactic learning is most commonly used in college – how is it different from EBL?
EBL Assumptions
•Experience is the foundation of, and the stimulus for learning
The only source of knowledge is experience. Albert Einstein
EBL Assumptions
•Learners actively construct their own experience
Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.
Mahatma Gandhi
EBL Assumptions
•Learning is a holistic process
I've never let my school interfere with my education.
Mark Twain
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
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
Forms of EBL
•Internships•Excursions•Studios•Laboratories•Workshops
•Practicums•Student teaching•Role playing•Simulations•Group work
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
EBL Marketing
•Definition of marketing•Marketing you have already experienced•Experiencing how others engage in marketing•Engaging in personal marketing
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