PROJECT ONE :: Learning

Learning...


What exactly is learning? Not something that I have ever pondered, but a question that is rather challenging to answer.
According to Dictionary.com,


Learning is 

1. "knowledge acquired but systematic study in any field of scholarly application
2. the act or process for acquiring knowledge or skill
3. Psychology. the modification of behaviour through practice, training or experience"

So this is the dictionary definition, but I see learning to be anything. Very broad, I know, but you can learn in so many ways, and it's different to each person. 


I keep being brought back to the theory of VARK Learning, something that was brought to my attention a couple of years ago. It is a theory that was devised by Neil Fleming, a teacher focused on learning about learning.


V - Visual (through maps, diagrams, charts etc.)
A - Aural/Auditory (through hearing, spoken to)
R - Read/Write (displayed information, written)
K - Kinesthetic (experience or practice)

More information on this theory can be found http://www.vark-learn.com/english/index.asp

With both the dictionary definition and the theories of VARK learning in mind, can I narrow down what learning is?


For me, the idea of learning through experience would be of most interest. There is interaction, interest and something that would possibly have a lasting impression. If learning is obtaining or acquiring skill/knowledge or the modification of behaviour through practice, then creating an experience where people are able to learn through this could be the approach to have for Project One :: Folie...

Fleming, N. 2011. VARK: A Guide to Learning Styles. Accessed March 7, 2012, http://www.vark-learn.com/english/page.asp?p=biography.

Dictionary.com. 2012. Dictionary.com. Accessed March 13, 2012, http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/learning.