Jane Collings and Pete Watton Learning Skills Session 2

Module Aims To provide participants with the opportunity to develop, practice and gain feedback on their learning skills To support participants in developing confidence in managing their own learning

At the end of the module the learner will be expected to be able to: Demonstrate a knowledge and understanding of approaches to learning With guidance, analyse questions and assignments in order to provide appropriate responses Identify his/her own strengths and weaknesses in learning Set out a learning and study plan Module Outcomes

My Personal Learning - Session Aims My Personal Learning - Session Aims At the end of this session you will have :- Reflected on your learning history Analysed your strengths and weaknesses as a learner

Your Learning History We are all unique as learners. There is no single method of learning that guarantees success Through identifying your personal strengths and weaknesses as a learner this will enable you to develop new learning approaches and enhance your ability to learn across a range of contexts.

Activity 1 Record your findings in your learning journal or the worksheet. Your past learning:-  Identify one good learning experience  Identify one less enjoyable learning experience For both of these experiences reflect on:-  What were you learning ? ( knowledge /skill etc)  How were you learning this ? (observation, by doing, reading, listening)  Where was this learning taking place (school, college, work, online, leisure )

Activity 2 Record your findings in your learning journal or the worksheet. From your findings in Activity 1 summarise :-  In what ways do you prefer to learn ?  Do you learn more effectively in groups or alone and why ?  What are the environments you prefer to learn in?  What are your strengths and weakness as a learner ?

References Open University Learning Modules Open University Learning Modules - Learning to learn modules Claxton,G (1999)Wise Up, The Challenge of Lifelong Learning Bloomsbury Press, London. Moon,J. ( 1999) Reflection Learning and Professional Development, Kogan Page London Schon.D.A The Reflective Practitioner. How Professional think in action. Ashgate Publishing. London.

This resource was created by the University of Plymouth, Learning from WOeRK project. This project is funded by HEFCE as part of the HEA/JISC OER release programme.Learning from WOeRK This resource is licensed under the terms of the Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales license ( The resource, where specified below, contains other 3 rd party materials under their own licenses. The licenses and attributions are outlined below: 1. The name of the University of Plymouth and its logos are unregistered trade marks of the University. The University reserves all rights to these items beyond their inclusion in these CC resources. 2. The Higher Education Academy and JISC logos are licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution -non-commercial-No Derivative Works 2.0 UK England & Wales license. All reproductions must comply with the terms of that license. Author Jane Collings and Peter Watton Title My Personal Learning Description Presentation on Learning Skills Date Created August 2011 Educational Level 4 Keywords Learning from WOeRK, UKOER, LFWOER, Continuous Professional Development, CPD Back page originally developed by the OER phase 1 C-Change project ©University of Plymouth, 2011, some rights reserved