Active and Reflective Learning

As a future leader, one has to learn how to collaborate both in decision making and hands on work. Technology also helps in collaboration because in a way it keeps everyone actively involved.

“Learning is both an active and reflective process.” (Southwest Educational Development Laboratory, 1999).

The above quote was well said because learning can get quite boring the person just has to sit and listen to someone talk. Technology helps in making learning an active process which makes it a constructive learning. It is also good to reflect on your learning because information seems to be retained more through reflection.

An active learning could be students conducting a research on a particular topic and presenting what they gathered from the research to the class; that can be done with the help of technology, even though students can present their topics on a poster without having to do PowerPoint presentation or use an overhead. Even when students present their projects on posters, most times the do their researches with the help of information gathered from the internet, which is also the help of technology. Students grasp more from what they are being though when they are actively involved.

Citation: Southwest Educational Development Laboratory, (1999). Learning as a personal event: A brief introduction to constructivism. Retrieved from http://www.sedl.org/pubs/tec26/intro2c.html