I agree with this statement. I think that some of the keys ways that I have learned/observed myself learning in this course are through reading, synthesizing, note taking, making connections, discussing, and reflecting. All of these methods require specific tools or collaborators in order to be put into use, but it's the act of doing these things that makes you think critically about what you are doing, and why. I think that once we ask ourselves these questions, we start to understand how important our work is, and how the information that we have impacts the rest of our learning process, and that of others. It's very easy for instructors to use tools to teach, but unless students are also actively using them, they won't remember anything that they learned later.

I would be curious to see the breakdown of this statistic by career field. For example, does someone who works in business feel that creativity is as important as a teacher? Personally, I think that creativity is an important part of every career because you should always be aiming to improve, and you can't do that without thinking outside of the box. Also, I wonder if further information about this data would help executives encourage creativity and innovation in their companies more often?

I hadn't thought about these specific implications before. Clearly, artificial intelligence tools are very biased, but when you think about how limited the resources that they provide are, it's clear that this creates a cycle of feeling "less than." For example, if a tool does not allow a visual learner to draw something, then they are setting them up to fail, and I imagine that this can create a cycle of not feeling good enough because they are consistently told that these are the only options available to them when this is not entirely true. I think that this idea further emphasizes the point that technology should be used as an assistant, not a teacher.

This makes sense, considering what we learned a couple of weeks ago about visual learners. I was a little surprised to find out that visual learning is not specific to certain people; everybody is a visual learner. I think that images and visual representations of topics (charts/graphs/mindmaps) are a really good way to appeal to someone's emotions or make a certain idea pop with color and direct representation.

This is a hard one. I know that it's important, but I think that it's difficult to be on your "A game" all of the time. There are days where I have been sitting at a computer screen all day and I just can't seem to focus. I think there is a difference between listening and really paying attention. It's probably more beneficial to learn by actively paying attention, but this isn't always easy to do.

I haven't really explored this idea before, but it makes complete sense! When we take time to reflect on what we already know, what we have just learned, and ask questions about what else these ideas may relate to, we get the big picture. I think this idea could apply to connecting ideas and it could also be about connecting people (like in out Twitter chats) so that we have more resources or better support to continue the learning process.

This makes me think about the hands on experience that people may have or not have in other careers. I feel like internships and real world experiences should be a requirement for all students because that is where you learn the most. Theory and practice are two different things, and I just wonder how many college students graduate without any hands on experience in their field?