VARK Results

Image result for vark resultsCompleting the VARK questionnaire is a requirement of the orientation activities for the course ,
Reflective- Reflexive Practices in technology Enabled Environments I have done this Vark Questionnaire
 many times and my learning style seems to be evolving as I grow older.Initially I preferred to read.
I read a lot as a child, my mom created reading environment in the home.
Now I prefer diagrams,graphs and hands on learning.
My current scores are:
Visual 10
Aural 0
Read/Write 1
Kinesthetic 10
Having taught high school Geography for approximately 9 years,dealing with the environment,
going on field trips have also impacted my learning style and by extension my teaching style.
As a lecturer my learners have different learning styles and they tend to do better when classroom
activities are centered around their learning style.I have also done a diagnostic evaluation at the
start of my lesson to indicate how students prefer to learn.This will make it easier for me to work
with the learners.
We must understand the learning styles of online learners in-order to reduce the attrition rate
of students in a class.Some of my students say it is harder to learn online than it is face to face.
One student indicated that she can come to a face to face class for an entire class and she
 does not have to participate if she is not called on by the facilitator.At the end of the class
she leaves and that is it but in the online world she must participate via some medium
whether via blog or a discussion post because usually that is one of her grades.
Different learning styles must be catered for in encouraging reflective-reflective
practices and this can be done by varying the activities in a course so the focus is not on one learning style.
Sandy




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