Now that you have some background on effective learning practices, how could you put some of them to use as a college student? This challenge asks you to construct a personal manifest that connects your experiences with current research.
Part of understanding your own experience is to step back from it and to see how others (scholars, researchers, professionals in a relevant field, etc) see your experiences. Comparing your own personal experiences with those of others can help us to see our worlds more clearly, to categorize our experiences or to think of the things that have happened to us in different or more interesting ways.
Education is a topic that no college student can come to without an extensive background of experiences and knowledge. If you’re in college, you’ve likely lived through at least 12 – 13 years of schooling. But school isn’t the only place we’re educated. Our parents and guardians — our televisions and movies and books — all of these things contribute to how we understand ourselves and our places in the world, and, in fact, what “the world” means to us. This Level One badge offers you opportunities to think about who you are as a person, as learner/student, and as teacher, and to explore how your preferences shape your success, frustrations, and failures.