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My undergraduate degree is in Educational Psychology, where we discussed learning theories and their various applications. In EDUC 5115/ 6115, I researched and revisited the ideas and concepts that helped propel me into my current career. As we come to the end of our coursework in EDUC 5115/6115, I can't help but feel grateful for the content and Dr. Artino. Considering the content, I had an opportunity to reflect on how I learn as an adult and attribute it to the learning theories we researched.  I have come to realize that the way I learn now is a mix of andragogy or adult learning theory and connectivism. I learn a good amount from my networks which attributes to a diversity of knowledge in different things. I use the thoughts and ideas from my networks to challenge my own thinking around things. Connectivism is a theory of learning in which learning occurs within a social network that has been influenced by technology. Social networks that are connected to technology include Fa...

  REFLECTION: Currently, in EDUC 6115, we are learning about connectivism. This theory states that one of the ways we know is by our personally constructed networks. I wanted to see what my personal network looked like, so I created a mindmap on Coogle. I tried my best to list out all of the "inputs" that allowed learning to occur. Looking at my mindmap, I noticed that learning new information depends on the category in which I need to obtain the material. It may be because I am an adult now and resources like time, engagement, and focus are limited, but now my learning is very compartmentalized. My network has changed how I learn by creating these different spaces to put various knowledge topics. One area is for my current profession as a teacher, which may require knowledge around classroom management, lesson planning, etc... In contrast, another space is my learning around the latest TIK TOK trend or perhaps a new recipe from Pinterest. If I need to obtain new knowledge, I...