Thursday, 8 December 2011

Vark Questionnaire

By completing the Vark Questionnaire to find out what learning style suits me best, I found by the result shown that Aural study is the best learning outcome for me. Kinesthetic also scored high on my learning. However, Read/Write and Visual study did not score many points, so I believe the results must be correct as there is such a huge gap between the results.

I was quite surprised to find that Aural was my best result on the Vark Questionnaire. I always find that if a subject that I am not interested in is being spoken, I lose concentration and do not learn, and normally need something to get me more interested, like Visual learning. I felt that I was always more of a Kinesthetic type of learning person, which is probably why that also scored high. But I do believe that by reading the information about Aural learning that it may be right. I do find it difficult to read back over notes I have written and gain a complete understanding form them, and do prefer to sit and listen and get as much information I can get out of the lecturer. This is a sign of Aural learning. I do also feel that I learn more by discussing ideas with others, and learning what they feel is the right way. I gain more from their ideas and mine would grow as well as I gain more of an understanding.

Personal Tutorial

I believe this counts towards my personal tuition as I did discuss the struggles I have had with the course and how to deal with them.  
 

Whilst I technically did not have a personal tutorial with my tutor, I nevertheless did still discuss the course I had chosen with him and other tutors. I began the year studying business Information Systems, but believed after a few weeks that this was not the right course for me. I thought long and hard about my choices and felt that the Multimedia course was my preferred choice. After emailing my personal tutor Martin Hancock to tell him what I had decided, he recommended that I speak to Tom Scott who was pathway leader of the Multimedia as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.


 I then met up and spoke to Tom Scott and told him my reasons for wanting to change courses. We discussed about why I felt it was best for me. I decided to change course as I have previously done media courses in the past at college and school, and felt that this was my strongest asset as I have had previous experience. I did struggle with certain aspects of ‘BSI’ which was not covered in Multimedia. We also realised that it was only one module difference so that I would not be too far behind if I had agreed to put in the extra work to catch up. In the end Tom Scott agreed that he would be happy for me to change course due to my experience of working in Media before. I believe my mentor has helped me as I now know what course it is I want to do.

Research Paper - The Mind Map

Here i have a mind map where i have throught of ideas on what to base my research paper on.

SWOT Analysis

This is my SWOT Analysis. I've looked into my strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats.



Monday, 31 October 2011

Learning Line - Click on image for better View!

First Post

Here i will be posting content for my Learning and Skills Development for HE and Work module. This will include over time a SWOT Analysis, Learning Line and VArk Questionnaire. Here goes nothing!