Learning Theories Wiki Reflection

As a student my learning was assisted through the learning theories wiki. The learning theories wiki reinforced the content provided in the readings and the repetitious manner supported my learning style. I am an interpersonal person so I also enjoyed learning through a group work. As a teacher, I could issue for homework an accounting and business wiki that requires the students to complete a PMI for the topic as an individual, in pairs or in a group. Usually homework is completed by the individual student therefore by implementing a wiki the students can also work in groups. Thus engaging the students with the, relate create donate framework and supporting their various learning styles.

Of course these learning theories were also underlying in the activity and were visible in the following instances:

Constructivism

The learning theories wiki drew out facts and opinions from the students regarding the learning theories by scaffolding thinking in the form of the PMI model. The activity also required for collaboration to occur with a partner before sharing the PMI model with the course.

Cognitivism

The students mentally processed the information provided by the resources through their sensory, working and long term memory so that it can be applied to the PMI model.

Connectivism

The activity connected information sources to students and the students were required to determine the most relevant information to use in their PMI.

The learning theories wiki required students to read, watch, listen etc to the resources provided for their chosen learning theory (ours being 21^st century learning), construct the PMI table, a scaffolding strategy, and then share their PMI with the group. Throughout this process the students should have also comprehended, applied, analysed, sythesised and evaluated the information provided in the resources (Big Dog and Little Dog’s Performance Juxtapostion, 2010). Thus, the learning theories wiki employed the cognitive domain of Bloom’s Taxonomy of Learning along with the Engagement Theory framework.