This document contains Amanda Trac's reflections on her mobile learning experience. She identifies as a sensual and verbal learner who prefers learning facts over theories. The quizzes in each learning quest helped her understand new technologies best. She was surprised to learn that microblogs like Twitter can be used for learning, not just social networking. Going forward, she will continue using sensing and reflective strategies, as well as multimedia learning resources like videos from work, as those align best with her preferences.

1. Amanda Trac

2.  At the beginning of the class when I first took the learning
preferences survey, my scores were: reflective-1, sensual-9, verbal-
5, and sequential-5. By the end of the end of this class, I have
understood that I am definitely a sensual and verbal learner. As I
reflect now, I realize that mostly I am a sensual learner. I tend to
like learning facts, rather than learning about theories. I tend to
like to learn about details when I am learning about new ideas.
Over all, I believe it is important to know about all learning
preferences because life is full of different situations and one needs
to understand how to adapt their learning preferences based on the
circumstances that they are in. Knowing about my learning
preferences has made a difference in my personal learning success.
I have noticed when I am assigned new tasks at my work, sensual
and verbal learning both come into play. I do very well by reading
all the details in order to execute what I am supposed to do.
Amanda Trac

3.  The learning pathway I chose at the beginning of the
class was learning warrior. I chose to be a learning
warrior because I like to learn on my own and I find it
difficult to learn in a group setting. I was interested in
learning about the different mobile technologies based
on my own aspirations rather than what other members
in a group may want. I was successful in getting a
deeper knowledge of mobile technologies and I am glad I
was able to do so alone rather than working collectively
with others. Over this course, I did not change my
learning pathway. I did not change my pathway because
I did not want to rely on others especially when it comes
to delegating tasks and completing things by due date,
especially when I am busy taking 7 different classes and
working full time.
Amanda Trac

4.  The quiz in each learning quest was the activity that
helped me get a broader understanding on how to use a
mobile technology. The quizzes helped because I got
tested on the different facts that were taught about the
new technology of the quest. As to where the level two
activity of predicting, using and evaluating the certain
technologies helped me get a deeper understand of how to
use the specific technology of the quest. This activity
helped me because it helped my reflective learning side.
Lastly, the other level two activity where we had to post a
question about what we still wanted to learn about the
specific technology within the quest and responding to
three other questions was the activity that worked best for
learning with others. This activity worked best for
learning with others because you are working with your
peers to help answer their questions.
Amanda Trac

5.  iPods and mp3 players- this quest helped me explore my own
learning because I was able to understand the different functions
of mp3 players that I did not know about. At first I only knew
that mp3 players were a function of audio playback, but I learned
about the other features it includes. I further learned how using
an iPod can help different learning strategies because you can
download f apps such as flashcard which can help me make
flashcards to study with for my different courses. Although I did
not download the flashcard app, it is remarkable what
technologies have been created and are being implemented by
others to learn. Personally, I learn and retain information better
by using the traditional forms of writing things down with pen
and paper. If I were to utilize this technology, this would
accommodate my learning preference of a verbal learner
because I would be getting more out of written words. I would
be able to write down information that I have learned based on
what has been presented to me within my classes. Also, this
would help with my sensual preference as well because
flashcards are a great way to learn facts because I can test
myself by making flashcards on a certain subject to study for a
test.
Amanda Trac

6.  Microblogs- this quest helped me explore my own
learning because I learned that you can use a
microblog such as twitter to learn. I always thought
twitter was just some social network where if you
had a lot of followers, then it meant that you had a
lot of friends and you were popular. More
importantly, twitter can be used by following other
people other than your friends. I explored and
learned more about microblogs on my own by
following San Francisco Chronicle and learning about
what is going on in the city that I am living in and
also by searching hash tags/trending topics that I was
interested in. This mobile technology accommodated
my sensual learning preference as well because I was
able to make a connection to the real world because
of how microblogs are updated in “real time”, right
now, right away.
Amanda Trac

7.  Multimedia- this quest helped me explore my own
learning because I was able to explore and use
different media to learn about marketing, which is a
subject that I have grown an intense interest for. In
my marketing class, my teacher used many different
types of media in class to convey new topics. We
were assigned readings in textbooks and even
assigned to look up different videos to learn about
different ways advertising is implemented. This
mobile technology helped me accommodate my
reflective learning preference. When I was assigned
readings in the textbook, I was able to take my time
and think through the new topics I was learning. I
was able to re-read material that was not as clear to
me the first time and write out summary notes of
what I was learning.
Amanda Trac

8.  The mobile technology that interested me most as a
learning tool was microblogs. As I stated earlier, I only thought
that microblogs such as twitter were for social networking, so
this mobile technology surprised me the most as a learning tool.
I never would have thought that you could use twitter as a
learning tool rather than using it only to see what your friends
were up. Podcasts and screencasts were the technologies that
did not seem to work as a learning tool based on my preferences
because I personally do like sitting on the computer listening or
watching things to learn. I will continue to use microblogs to
expand my learning because there are many different people,
brands, and companies that I can follow to learn new information
and be updated with what is going on in my city or world around
me right now.
 The technology that works best for my learning preference
is microblogging. This technology works best because I am able
to find out information that I am interested in. If I read a tweet
that I find interesting, I can simply favorite the tweet or retweet
it so I can later go back and reflect on the idea whenever I want.
Also, if I read a tweet that interests me, I can further look at the
other tweets that one has posted.
Amanda Trac

9.  The mobile learning strategies I will continue using after this class are sensing and
reflective strategies. These can be used when I am learning at a job because I can
easily set aside time to reflect by rereading tasks and problems that need to solved.
Also as a sensual learner, I can make connections to the real world because I can
always ask my manager for specific examples of concepts and procedures such as
learning how to balance payroll.
 The mobile learning technology I will continue using after this class is multimedia. I
can already reflect many ways how I’ve used multimedia to learn at work. I
currently work for Bath and Body Works, and the company often sends us videos that
they want us to watch to learn about different events that are going to be
happening and how they want us to use our behaviors to make such events
successful. Also, there are videos that help us learn about new themes and products
that are going to be launched so we can be excited and share our knowledge with
our customers. Not only do we watch videos, we are given a lot of emails of written
instructions and tasks that need to be completed. This helps me because I am a
sensual learner and like to see things on paper so I can always go back and use it as
a reference to double check my work. Also, I will continue using microblogs and
social networking for non-learning purposes such Twitter and Facebook. I will most
likely avoid using an iPad because I already have an iPhone and many applications
that are on iPads are available on my iPhone since they are by the same
manufacturer.
Amanda Trac