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This week, we discussed Multiple Intelligences (MIs) and Learning Styles (LSs). I knew about learning styles, but MIs were new territory. Great information though! Here is how I figure it and invite comment:
Q: In what ways, if at all, do you think the concept of Learning Styles can be useful to the online instructor?
A: How exciting for me to learn that Learning Styles (LSs) are the methods for organizing and collecting information and that MIs are the cognitive processing capacities for that information. Knowing this, as an online instructor, helps reinforce the goal of providing rich learning experiences. Online courses can provide many opportunities for intrapersonal (self) and interpersonal (group) experiences. Assessments for mastery of concepts should also reflect the activities provided. If a video is used to provide a rich experience, a video should be sufficient for the student to submit for exhibiting mastery.
There are tests/surveys that help identify your Multiple Intelligences (How you process information) and Learning Styles (How you collect and organize information for processing). Knowing this information will help individuals during the learning process.
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For MIs, my strengths are Musical, Social, and Language.
For LSs, my strengths are somewhat balanced, making me a multimodal type of learner. (Means that I can switch to match how the information is provided to organize and collect for processing.) My scores were:
• Visual: 10
• Aural: 11
• Read/Write: 14
• Kinesthetic: 11
• Visual: 10
• Aural: 11
• Read/Write: 14
• Kinesthetic: 11
To learn about your own multiple intelligences and learning styles, take the following surveys. Let me know if you agree with the results or not.
Based on Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligences
VARK (Visual, Aural, Read/Write, Kinesthetic)
More helpful information for online learning based on learning styles
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