Daniel's Self Reflection of Personal Mind Map

Be creating a mind map on my network and how I learn, I was able to identify different deliverables that assist me in retaining new information. My mind map did not necessarily change the way I learn. However, it helped me identify how I learn, and how I learn best. By viewing my network, I was able to verify the different social networks I participate in and the deliverables associated with each network.

There are several digital tools that I enjoy using to learn, yet the ones that best facilitate learning for me are simulations, timed multimedia, and virtual classrooms. Virtual classrooms provide me with an outlet to brainstorm with my peers and learn off of their experience. By participating in a virtual class, I can access course content at my leisure and participate in discussion post whenever I have something useful to contribute. Timed multimedia (for example YouTube videos) allow me to watch how processes are performed, or learn via visuals of how a process works. I can reply or fast forward to view only the content I need to learn or do not understand. Simulations allow me to apply the newly learned skill.

Whenever I have questions about a topic, learning becomes slightly easier as I can formulate a question based on my experience and relate the answer provided right back to that experience. For example, if I have a question on how can technology advances assist with learning, I can phrase my question, If I use Facebook a lot, how could I use it to learn. The answer may be something simple as it allows you to connect with your peers and learn from social interaction. Then I can validate, that when I do use Facebook, I am in a way interacting with my peers to communicate, so I can use the same method of communicating to learn new information from their perspective. In this example, I was able to use my experience of using technological advances and how it relates to me, and also relay the answer back to those same experiences.