Understanding Learning Styles

Course Number: 022-MS
Recommended Duration: ½ Day to 1 Day

Intended Audience: All Employees

Course Overview
Have you ever wondered why you get along so well with some people and yet fostering relationships with others seems more difficult? One reason can be attributed to different learning styles. This course helps participants gain insight into their own learning style and implications for other behaviors. Through facilitated discussion, participants discover the different ways people learn, why it matters in our day-to-day interactions with others and will walk away with practical strategies to develop weaker learning styles.

Objectives/Topics
As a result of taking this course, you will learn to:

Understand the cycle of learning
Identify preferred personal learning styles
Recognize learning styles of others
Understand strengths and weaknesses of each style
Appreciate ways to develop learning style skills
Develop methods to cope with styles outside of our own
Realize implications for: solving problems, approaching team work, negotiating relationships, selling ideas, communicating with others – at work and at home, and matching a career path to your preferred style
Brainstorm safe ways to practice new skills
Understand how approaches to learning changes depending on the context

Prerequisites: None

Understanding Learning Styles

Understand the cycle of learning

Identify preferred personal learning styles

Recognize learning styles of others

Understand strengths and weaknesses of each style

Appreciate ways to develop learning style skills

Develop methods to cope with styles outside of our own

Realize implications for: solving problems, approaching team work, negotiating relationships, selling ideas, communicating with others – at work and at home, and matching a career path to your preferred style

Brainstorm safe ways to practice new skills

Understand how approaches to learning changes depending on the context