Personal Learning Story

The purposes of this activity are: to make personal and vivid how learning theory describes (or doesn't describe) actual learning; to anchor early thinking about what it means to learn something, and; to introduce potential group members to each other, through sharing stories.

Each person takes 10 minutes to write a story about a time they learned something specific. Be as specific as possible about the setting, the people, the tools, what was learned and how it was learned. Then exchange stories. Read someone else¿s and consider how learning theory explains what happened. In a group discussion, highlight commonalities and differences.