Hello folks! Welcome to my first blog post.

I’m brand new at this, so you might have to bear with me as I develop my voice in these and learn my unique blogging style. Today, I’d like to discuss several examples of learning experiences concerning the three main types of learning outlined in the Ertmer text. I’m going to go ahead and assume that anyone reading this has likely already done the readings for this class, so I’ll try not to go too deep into the details of formally defining them. I will, however, delve a bit into what each of them means to me personally and provide examples of how that style of learning has made its way into my life. 

I’ll start off by discussing an example of behaviourism in my life. The word I would associate most closely to behaviourism is conditioning. I find myself learning through conditioning quite often actually, the most relevant example that I can think of being kicking a conversion in rugby. For me, this was no small feat. It took hours and hours of kicking, running back and forth, trial and error, and patience to put together the blocks for getting that ball through the uprights. If it wasn’t for my coach telling me what I was doing wrong and right in the situation, I wouldn’t have ever figured it out. 

When it comes to cognitivism, the most relevant example from my life is learning the roads of Victoria. I am what some consider to be directionally challenged, which is something I agree with. By focusing on my google maps directions and actually picturing what businesses and crossroads I will pass on my route, I’m able to develop a better understanding of the roads here in Victoria. By actively mapping and logging the directions in my brain, I learn the routes and am able to navigate sans GPS.

Constructivism is a bit of a tricky one for me to put my finger on, but I’m going to go ahead and relate it to my experience living with roommates. At first, I struggles with communication and expressing my needs as a roommate, but as time went on and I lived with more people, I felt like I really started to understand the duties and responsibilities of a good roommate, and how to navigate living with people.

Those are all of my insights from this week, but I look forward to hearing from you all and sharing my ideas.

Ciao!

Sharidyn