Comments on: Learning out loud https://blog.learnlets.com/2008/06/learning-out-loud/ Clark Quinn's learnings about learning Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:16:03 +0000 hourly 1 By: Clark https://blog.learnlets.com/2008/06/learning-out-loud/#comment-64180 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:16:03 +0000 http://blog.learnlets.com/wp/?p=344#comment-64180 Virginia, I agree that your reflection can’t be insular, you need to be active and then reflect, but also active in engagement with other ideas. You can reflect on your own actions, but you should be referencing your frameworks as well. So I see two ways: actively engage with others then reflect personally, and be active personally, and then reflect by engagement with others (directly or through available/published frameworks).

]]> By: Virginia Yonkers https://blog.learnlets.com/2008/06/learning-out-loud/#comment-64171 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:40:34 +0000 http://blog.learnlets.com/wp/?p=344#comment-64171 I think you left out one aspect of the process. Reflection is important, but so is interaction with others ideas. My current research is going to be on the role of collaborative writing on creating knowledge. To often, I find especially young people, very self introspective without getting any stimulation outside of their own thoughts. As a result, they believe their conclusions are the only view point they need, never getting another perspective. So while I agree with reflection being important as a new skill in the twenty-first century, I feel listening and communication (two-way) skills must go hand and hand with reflection.

]]> By: Clark https://blog.learnlets.com/2008/06/learning-out-loud/#comment-63881 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:35:49 +0000 http://blog.learnlets.com/wp/?p=344#comment-63881 Joan, you’re right that if it’s going public, it’s somewhat edited. My personal reflections I don’t capture (digital, paper, otherwise) except in conversations. Your point that you may receive important insights is worthwhile, because the act of composing your thoughts often brings out new connections or things you’ve missed. Will have to reflect on that ;).

]]> By: Joan Vinall-Cox https://blog.learnlets.com/2008/06/learning-out-loud/#comment-63854 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:10:11 +0000 http://blog.learnlets.com/wp/?p=344#comment-63854 I agree that to learn we must reflect, but I find I need two kinds of reflection. I blog about what I find interesting and/or helpful, but I also need a journal, a private place for reflecting, where I can be extreme and over-the-top without censoring myself. Sometimes having a place to be foolish and/or neurotic can lead to important insights.

]]> By: Clark https://blog.learnlets.com/2008/06/learning-out-loud/#comment-63801 Sun, 29 Jun 2008 20:21:34 +0000 http://blog.learnlets.com/wp/?p=344#comment-63801 Ken, I absolutely agree that how we reflect is important. Felice Ohrlich did a study where she had people reflect on solving a story with different levels of abstraction, and found the best transfer came from a mid-level of abstraction (a level above surface features, but no so abstract as to be vague). And as you point out, the context can affect the ease of reflection. Thanks for the contribution.

]]> By: Ken Allan https://blog.learnlets.com/2008/06/learning-out-loud/#comment-63678 Sat, 28 Jun 2008 02:56:13 +0000 http://blog.learnlets.com/wp/?p=344#comment-63678 Kia ora Clark

I agree wholeheartedly when you say “that all should reflect”, but I think that how we reflect is also extremely important to the learning. I feel that we must take care over exactly what is meant by ‘reflection’.

Many people simply cannot reflect in the busy environment that may be a classroom, a face to face discussion elsewhere or even in the solitude of a synchronous chatroom.

When it occurs, reflection can happen while a person is alone with their thoughts. The mind researchers of today tell us that it can even happen unconsciously such as during sleep.

Ken Allan
Middle-earth

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