After reading the materials presented in this course, I can honestly say that my view on how I learn has not really changed. What I did gain was more insight into how I supplement my hands on style with elements from multiple learning theories and styles.

Coming into this course, when thinking of learning, I had only considered classroom and professional education settings. I had not taken into account learning of procedural elements. When I first became a teacher, I knew full-well that I was heading into administration. While in graduate school, I learned the technical “ins and outs” of school leadership, but not the subtle nuances of handling day to day activities. That’s where Social Learning theories come into the picture for me. I did not realize it at the time, but I was watching and learning habits, mannerisms and problem-solving techniques from my supervisors as I shadowed and observed them. It was not until I became an Asst. Principal myself that I found myself doing and saying things that I hadn't even realized that I had learned from my mentors. At the time, I chalked it up to just being around them for so long, but I know realized that it was learned behavior through observation of the social process. Further enforcing the validity of Social Learning is my 1 year old son, Reid. He does not have the ability to read, write, talk nor understand the English language. Yet, he astoundingly learns new things every day from both other adults and children that he comes into contact with. Young children use social learning on a daily basis and apparently all the way into adulthood.

Exploring Connectivism was by far the most fascinating portion of the past couple of weeks. I am a loverof technology and go to great lengths to incorporate tech into every aspect of my life. My wife hates the fact that I refuse to write anything on paper, voice notes or digital notes only. As far as learning goes, this course has shown me that I am much more entrenched in Connectivism than I had proposed upon first reading about the theory. I have found that even after reading all of the resources that are provided within this course, while not necessary, I found it greatly beneficial to reference outside resources in order to gain a deeper insight to the material being covered. Whether it was opening a document on a second computer screen, using one of my cell phones or quickly looking up an article on my tablet, I was able to multitask and allow the tech to enhance my learning experience. I keep all course readings saved as PDF files in a cloud Dropbox along with videos, assignments and posts for on the go access from any computer or mobile device. This is simply the way of the future (or present, depending on who you talk to) and I am glad that I understand and have fully embraced it.