2. Learning Preferences
REF=3, Sen=9, Vis=11, and Seq=5
My learning preferences have been ingrained in me for a while now, so
I am not surprised by the results of the survey. I am confident in my
style of learning and embrace it. I felt this semester has really
brought out and showcased my learning style through the different
ways I have tackled assignments in comparison to other students in
the class. I am a strong visual learner, and I felt the Powerpoints
and slides definitely helped me in the class. Years as a Bio major
has molded me into a sensing learner. I feel knowing about your
own learning styles really helps you in all classes or in situations
where you can learn something which is a daily event. With
knowledge of yourself you can play to your strengths and tailor the
experience to optimally absorb information.
Ken Luu
3. Learning Pathway
Learning Sage
In the beginning of the semester, I never really didn’t know what social media was and
didn’t know how it could be used in learning. I wanted to learn this new technology at a
deeper level and incorporate them into my classes if I could. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able
to do this because it required others to participate, and students in class didn’t think social
media was a great way to do that. With this, I decided to change my pathway to a
Learning Sage so I could have a better understanding of the technology in general and feel
more comfortable with it. As the semester progressed, I felt an overall better knowledge
about social technologies for learning.
Ken Luu
4. Learning Activities
Goodreads.com taught me how social technologies can be used to learn, by showing
me the interactions and peer review style of the site, and the feedback you can get
from others. Using Facebook and creating a Facebook profile of a historical figure was
a great way show me more deeply how social technologies can help learn. People
love browsing and learning about friends on FB so why not learn about an important
historical figure. Livemocha.com helped me understand how social technologies can
be used to learn with others.
Ken Luu
5. Exploration of Technologies for
Learning
The historical activity about the Cuban Missile Crisis was a fun way of teaching history by putting you in
the shoes of the President and choices he would have to make. I was able to translate this idea by
playing videogames like Call of Duty games set in World War 2. Playing this game taught me about
the wartime setting and the frontline battles and the politics of war.
This semester I was able to use Facebook as a means of communicating to a group of students as
an online study group. From time to time we would join a FB group and discuss materials about
our class. I felt this technology did not do a good job of accommodating to my visual, sequential
learning style. Most of the discussions on the chat were typed so it didn’t appeal to my visual
nature.
I didn’t really get social bookmarks. When I tried to use delicious to upload bookmarks, I had a
hard time trying to figure out what to do. I understand that people share their collection of
relevant sites to certain topics and helps people find information quickly, but I feel I am better
off doing it myself and saving the bookmarks on my own personal browser
Ken Luu
6. Synthesizing Your Experience
• The social technology that worked best for me was
games and MMOG. Naturally video games are a visually
enriched platform, so it really appeals to my visual
nature. Games also make sense to me because of the
way they are played. You start at level 1 or a lower level
and you gradually work your way up. You pick up clues on
the way to ultimately solve the mystery on a bigger
picture. This is exactly how sequential learners like me
work. I feel academic lesson plans can be adopted to fit
this format because it just makes so much sense to teach
student through this medium. I think it would help kids
out so much and would appeal to their hyperactive
nature.
Ken Luu
7. What I'll Do Next
A social learning strategy I will continue to use in a job or outside of class is
contacting and collaborating with possible co-workers through
Facebook/LinkedIn. I feel this is a great way to build a relationship with
your fellow colleagues. The best resources for learning on a new job I
believe is your own co-workers. They are already so experienced and
knowledgable. Having good rapport with them will help you out to learn
from them. You can also use FB to form connectons with other people in
different departments or industries if you want to move up the career
ladder. Never hurts to build a professional social circle.
Ken Luu
