Learning strategies

Learning strategies

Learning strategy # 1

Recognize that old knowledge is irrelevant

One good reason to dive head first into self-initiated learning is that much of what you were taught is already obsolete.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/201607/the-golden-age-teaching-yourself-anything

ExampleRecognize that people want to more than only consumers / buyers. In other words, recognize that people would like to be involved, to help out, to co-create.

https://hbr.org/2016/11/why-the-problem-with-learning-is-unlearning

Learning strategy # 2

Watch / observe

People, who learn well by observing, like to, for example, watch photos on www.instagram.com, watch videos on www.youtube.com.

http://prezi.com/flzebtpl3lpj/the-12-ways-of-learning/

Learning strategy # 3

Read

What do you like to read? A newspaper app? Blogs you subscribe to? Postings from people you follow on www.linkedin.com? Tweets from people you follow on www.twitter.com?

https://hbr.org/2016/08/using-social-media-to-build-professional-skills

Instead of saying to yourself that you want to “read more” or “learn new things”, be much more specific.

Example“Spend 2 hours every Thursday afternoon reading all the articles I saved during the week.”

https://hbr.org/2016/01/how-to-make-learning-more-automatic

Learning strategy # 4

Write

Chat with peopleWrite about and

discuss topicsInformaleducation

Search for information

on the internet

Prepare, watch,

listen to presentations

Formaleducation

Unexpectededucation

Deliberateeducation

Further inspiration

http://www.slideshare.net/frankcalberg/11-advantages-of-using-a-blog-for-teaching

Learning strategy # 5

Listen

Sense. Feel.

Try things out.Do things.

Think. Reflect.

Listen.Observe.

Adapted from Kolb.

Further inspiration

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Listening-tips-1485898

Learning strategy # 6

Try things out

Sense. Feel.

Try things out.Do things.Practice.

Think. Reflect.

Listen.Observe.

Adapted from Kolb.

Kolb showed that adults can’t learn merely by listening to instructions. They must also absorb the new information, use it experimentally, and integrate it with their existing knowledge.

https://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/Organization/Change_Management/The_psychology_of_change_management_1316

If you practice a slightly modified version of a task you want to master, you actually learn more and faster than if you just keep practicing the exact same thing multiple times in a row.

ExampleIf you want to get better at writing / blogging, try to use different blogging software, for example www.blogger.com, www.wordpress.com, and www.medium.com

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/02/12/how-to-learn-new-skills-twice-as-fast/

Some learn best by looking at graphics or reading. Others would rather watch demonstrations or listen to things being explained. Others need a

“hands-on” experience.

https://hbr.org/2012/11/how-to-master-a-new-skill.html

Further inspiration

http://www.businessballs.com/kolblearningstyles.htmhttp://catl.typepad.com/student_learning/2009/08/when-students-learn-or-dont-learn-from-active-learning-experiences.htmlhttp://steve-wheeler.blogspot.ch/2012/06/recycling-kolb.html

Learning strategy # 7

Talk

To learn well, some people like to talk about their thoughts and / or about material they have studied.

http://prezi.com/flzebtpl3lpj/the-12-ways-of-learning/

The best way to learnis to teach.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/11/opinion/sunday/why-we-should-stop-grading-students-on-a-curve.html

Further inspiration

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Hello-speaker-how-will-you-prepare-1449028

Learning strategy # 8

Ask for feedback

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/How-do-we-receive-feedback-2367203

Learning strategy # 9

Follow a structure or follow no structure

http://prezi.com/flzebtpl3lpj/the-12-ways-of-learning/http://sxills.nl/lerenlerennu/bronnen/Learning%20styles%20by%20Coffield%20e.a..pdf p. 22.

Student A Student B

Needs structure, for example specific directions, a series of steps, a specific order to follow.

Wants to do things in his /her own way.

Step # 1Define the problem.

Step # 2Identify criteria.

Step # 3Gather and evaluate data.

Step # 4List and evaluate alternatives.

Step # 5Select the best alternative.

Step # 6Implement and follow up.

http://www.strategy-business.com/article/10405?pg=all

Example of structure: A series of steps.

High accountability

Low accountability

High creativity

Low creativity

http://www.joebower.org/2010/06/relationship-between-accountability-and.html

Initiatives organized and

led by students

Learning strategy # 10

Learn individuallyor learn with others

Student A Student B

Prefers to mostly learn individually.

Prefers to mostly learn withother people.

http://sxills.nl/lerenlerennu/bronnen/Learning%20styles%20by%20Coffield%20e.a..pdf p. 22.

Explicit

Social practiceLearn together.

Share knowledge.Tacit

CollectiveIndividual

http://ridwanattaufiq.wordpress.com/2012/04/24/theorizing-knowledge-in-organization-2/

The clearer you are about what you want to learn, and the types of people you want to learn from, the more likely you are to find the right community for you.

https://hbr.org/2016/08/using-social-media-to-build-professional-skills

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Tacit knowledge

Socialize

Share knowledge.

Externalize

Make and communicate presentations, concepts,

models, diagrams, sketches.

Explicit knowledge

Tacit knowledge

Internalize

Try out things. Test. Experiment. Learn and

acquire new knowledge.

Combine

Create connections among knowledge, for example by

editing and systemizing knowledge.

Explicit knowledge

Explicit knowledge Explicit knowledgeAdapted from Nonaka and Takeuchi.

Further inspiration

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/What-do-teachers-do-2178430

Learning strategy # 11

Mix up your routine

Try using a different device / tool when you work tomorrow. Also, try sitting / standing somewhere else than you normally do.

Adapted fromhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/02/12/how-to-learn-new-skills-twice-as-fast/

Learning strategy # 12

Think / reflect

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2414478

To get the most out of learning experiences,

reflect on them immediately following an

activity.

What have you learned from the experience?

https://hbr.org/2015/12/4-ways-to-become-a-better-learner

https://hbr.org/2016/03/dont-let-your-mistakes-go-to-waste

What were the reasons for that mistake you made along the way?

What could you have done better?

https://hbr.org/2015/06/improve-your-ability-to-learn

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Research participants who did an arithmetic brain-teaser and then reflected on their

strategies for solving it went on to do 18% better in a second round than their peers

who hadn’t set aside time to reflect.

https://hbr.org/2014/04/to-enhance-your-learning-take-a-few-minutes-to-think-about-what-youve-learned/

Learning strategy # 13

Laugh – for example at yourself

https://www.fastcompany.com/3059651/the-surprising-link-between-laughter-and-learning

When we laugh, we relax. As anxiety decreases, our capacity to retain information expands.

The heightened emotion that humour evokes doesn't just make it easier for us to hit upon insights we otherwise wouldn’t - it also helps us remember them.

https://www.fastcompany.com/3059651/the-surprising-link-between-laughter-and-learning

Further inspiration

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/How-can-we-manage-our-emotions-1678947

Learning strategy # 14

Discover your values

If learning is to persist, managers and employees

need to also reflect on their own behaviour.

http://hbr.org/1991/05/teaching-smart-people-how-to-learn/ar/1

ResultsBehaviourValues

Adapted from Chris Argyris.

Single-loop learning

Double-loop learning: Ask why.

Further inspiration

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Questions-to-discover-your-values-1329394

Learning strategy # 15

Create the rightlearning environments

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Learning-environments-2902222