Learning Style Discovery

Discovering my learning style, as an adult learner is something new for me and something that I hadn't considered in the past as I ventured through my undergrad degree, my post-graduate studies, my professional designation and now my Masters degree.  To discover my learning style, I took two assessments to see if the results yeilded similar results and fortunately for the test-makers, they did.  I found that I'm more of a "visual" learner versus an auditory or tactile learner.

According to the Ldpride assessment, most people in my profession are visual learners like myself and according  to the Barbe Modality checklist, which also pegged me as a visual learner, I tend to learn better from organized information that is visually presented.

One of my favourite ways of organizing and presenting information to share is by using MS PowerPoint.  Whether arranging pictures, charts, graphs, or text on a slide, I find it a great way to help others learn through various means.  Sometimes that even includes adding a video clip or sound bite to accompany the slides.

In my current class at OISE: Program Planning and Evaluation in Adult Education, we did an exercise to learn about the steps involved in program planning and evaluation, which involved gathering as a group and arranging cards with an individual step in order on the floor.  Essentially creating a flow chart of tasks involved.
Reflecting back on this, being able to visualize the steps in order on the floor was a great help in understanding the new process.  This I should have know about myself, since as project manager, in the planning phase, where tasks are identified and sequenced, using sticky notes on a wall is very helpful to me.

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