What is your learning style? Do you learn best when you learn something on your own? Or, do you find it easier to learn, when you’re studying and asking questions among your friends?
For me, this depends on your personality and with the people you learn, or study with. First off, if you’re extroverted and you like being around people — you’ll benefit from learning with a group. However, if you’re introverted mostly, like myself, you might be able to learn with a group — but you’ll eventually crave and retreat back to a place where you can be alone. To focus, reflect, and study on your own.
I’m the latter of these two, when it comes to personality associated to learning style, I’m introverted. From my end, I’m able to work and collaborate with a team — but I’ll eventually want to go to one corner where I can read a good book, be alone for a short while, and perhaps, have a warm cup of coffee.
And when it comes to people, it helps if you have similar goals and ways of thinking. If you’re with like-minded folks, there is a much better chance for you to speed up your learning as it is more likely for you to jive well with others, this way. Making good friends is also much better than being all alone. Connecting and sharing yourself and others’ viewpoints to your own — fosters a deeper sense of learning. And, although you have similar goals, especially in terms of learning something or growing skills around a practice, there is a very good chance that there will be differences.
For we are human beings with different backgrounds, and so on.
Now differences need not become an impediment to learning, or collaboration for this matter. It can be a source of strength for the team. As different viewpoints, varying perspectives, and diverse experiences often can become a boon to a team who is able to work together. Often, it is through these differences — that a team is able to come up with very good ideas, good solutions, and ways going forward for everybody.
If you’re learning something technical for example, like for instance, you’re learning how to write code in order to solve problems, or in order to build something. Then, it might benefit your learning if you join a Slack, or a Discord app community of learners learning how to program, or learning how to code.
Likewise, if you’re looking for a job. It makes sense for you to join a group or a community where job-seekers, and potential employers are present.
In my experience, you’ll find good communities with similar goals when you enroll into online courses from reputable website platforms, or e-learning sites. Some tutors or teachers from sites like Coursera, or Udemy encourage their learners to join them in their Slack community for example. In some cases, these could be discussion forums. And I for one, especially if you’re grokking something technical and you find yourself stuck, reach out for help from these online groups and communities. And it is very likely that someone can help you, who have gone through a similar problem in their learning journey.
Additionally, there are books from publishers like Packt, or O’reilly that have authors who encourage their book readers to send them communications via email. Or, in some cases, to join their online communities — especially for learning support, like if you need to ask questions about what they wrote about from a chapter.
Learning need not be done all alone, on your own. No.
It can be a fun-filled, but, not a pain-free experience.
Try to look for a tribe, a community, a group. It’s going to help you. People like helping people, especially when they understand each other. This is also going to help prepare you to join the workforce, especially if you’re looking for your first job in the tech industry.
Well, that’s it for now.
Thank you for reading my post for today.
Good morning, have fun learning, and stay safe where you are, my friends.
May God bless you!
Hello there! How are you? My name is Abraham, or, Abe to all my friends, acquaintances, and family.
I’m a young dad, an uncle, an older kuya, and a son. I love learning and putting things together when it comes to small projects around computers, and tech. And for me, I also love food, everyday drink — like coffee, and most furry creatures — like good doggo doggos (goofy doggos), and chonky (very fat, almost circular and literally round) cattos. ^_^ Anyway, I hope good animals also make you chuckle, my friends.
Recently, I was hired to work as an engineer in I.T., specializing in looking after web-servers, maintenance, and a few other stuff.
Thank God! From my end, I had been dreaming to become an engineer in I.T., and have been studying for it for a time now.
We mustn’t stop with our training and study. For we’ll need to keep learning in order for us to remain helpful.
Nawa, ang Panginoon’g Diyos ang Siyang purihin, dakilain, at pasalamatan sa ating mga gawain, at salita.
My friends, may the Lord our God be glorified, honored, and praised – through the kind of work that He called us unto.
Thank you, and for now, that’s mostly it for me. Salamat po!