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    <p>I have always been a visual learner: I need to look at a picture, read a story, flip through power point slides, browse the blogs….that’s how I learn. My husband, Peter, on the other hand, always has an ipod hooked up to his ear. He learns orally: books on tape, podcasts, radio broadcasts. Peter says, “oral learning is a more complete learning experience because the brain has to work to fill in the spaces to create a picture in your head”. I say, “just let me see the picture and I can take more in faster.” </p> <p>There are also kinesthetic learners. People who learn best by doing. </p> <p>They need to draw the picture, take notes while listening to a lecture, act out the directions. Most people find that if they have a combination of learning styles, they retain more information longer.</p> <p>It is amazing how these differences affect our daily lives. </p> <p>Let’s take directions. I have to see a map. If I have a map, I can get anywhere. Tell me directions and I forget them. Take me someplace and I’ll probably get lost trying to find my way back. With a map, I always know where I am in relation to other places and I can find my way. Peter likes to have verbal directions and he can find his way back to anyplace if he has been there once (except in the mall. Somehow he ALWAYS gets lost in the mall!)</p> <p>Our learning styles also affect how we communicate. If you have something important to communicate to another person, do you pick up the phone or write an email? How can you be sure that you got your message across? Often it helps to have a verbal discussion and follow up with an email.</p> <p>Learning styles even affect how we relax! My daughter is a huge fan of the author, Stephanie Meyer, a science fiction writer whose main audience is teenage girls. Stephanie’s new release called “The Host” was her first novel for adults and Peter and I thought it would be fun if the three of us read the new book. Since I was going to be on a long flight, my thoughtful husband put the book on my ipod (and his). My daughter started reading the hardcopy and loved the book! I fell asleep every time I started listening…..I just could not get into it. As soon as I got back from my trip I picked up the hardcopy and could not put it down! Peter of course listened to it (he did not like it quite as much as we did—but not because it was on his ipod!)</p> <p>As learning professionals it is critical that we remember that individuals have different learning styles. We can increase learning and retention if we combine learning styles so that they reinforce each other. As we help our clients solve business problems we can suggest that their Learning Strategy includes a variety of learning options.</p> <p><a href="http://www.infosysblogs.com/learning-services/2008/10/are_you_an_oral_visual_or_kine.html" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p> <p>For R I personally think the best way is to just dive in and learn by doing. Be patient, stay with it, and eventually you'll just "get it"! It helps if you have someone local to bounce ideas off of, but just have fun!</p>
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