Monthly Archives: March 2021

Being an Effective Learner

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This is one of the tasks I crowd-sourced from Twitter (see below) for a short project for students called ‘Step Away from your Screen’, funded by the Resilient Learning Communities Enhancement Theme at Edinburgh Napier University. The image is CC BY 4.0 and available below as a PDF or image to download and reuse.

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Being an Effective learner Use a Sketchbook and pens Turn to a new page Turn it so that is is landscape with a blank page opposite. Draw an oval containing the words "what interferes with me learning effectively". Draw 7 lines radiating from the oval. Draw At the end of each line, sketch something that represents what hinders your learning. Add words or images on how each make you feel. The opposite page On the opposite page, draw another oval, this time containing “what helps me learn”. Add 7 lines radiating from it. Draw At the end of each line, sketch something that represents what helps you learn. Add words or images on how each make you feel. Reflect Now look over both pages and reflect. How can you make more space for the things that help, and less space for those that hinder?

Many thanks to Sally Brown and Vikki Burns for sharing their ideas so generously.