What Kind of Learner Are You?

WHAT KIND OF LEARNER ARE YOU?

Cloud computing, which is usually associated with businesses and leveraging efficiency, has slowly been breaking into the education system and providing more opportunities to students and faculty at lower cost.

Today’s students and teachers are always seeking the latest technologies available both for personal and school use. Technology can assist them in attaining the knowledge they desire and help make learning more interactive and tailored to different learning styles.

To learn, we depend on our senses to process the information around us. At a basic level, people learn by hearing, seeing or doing, and most people use one of their senses more than others.

The three most common learning styles are

Visual | Auditory | Kinesthetic

Some people listen more attentively to a lecture while others are more alert during a visual presentation. Meanwhile, others are busy taking notes or practicing the skill. Knowing your learning style can be helpful for finding the right way to interact with colleagues and get the most out of meetings.

WHAT KIND OF LEARNER ARE YOU?

AUDITORY LEARNER

Auditory-based learners like to listen to presentations and remember what they hear over what they see. This group does well in group discussion and likes to work with others. These are the learners who like to record lectures and listen to them later.

AUDITORY COMMUNICATION TOOL

Audio conferencing is a collaborative tool that connects

customers and remote team members. Auditory learners will flourish in an office where they can discuss, engage and hold virtual meetings with audio-

only communication. And with call recording setting, auditory

learners can go back and download meetings to relisten later.

VISUAL LEARNER

A visual learner needs to see the information being discussed. These learners get bored with audio-only presentations and prefer to learn through pictures, graphs and charts. Understanding the facial expressions and movements of the person they’re communicating with is very important to visual learners.

VISUAL COMMUNICATION TOOL

Visual learners will flourish in an environment where they can see and interact with colleagues through video conferencing

technology. A face-to-face solution makes it easier to interact with business partners, take webinars and training courses,

and remember information.

KINESTHETIC LEARNER

Kinesthetic or tactile learners are always touching things and learn best by doing. Kinesthetic learners are constantly moving about and want to be touching the object they are learning from. In meeting settings, kinesthetic learners may stand out because of their need to move.

KINESTHETIC COMMUNICATION TOOL

Because the sense of touch is so important to tactile learners, they need a communication tool they can have in their hands. Mobility apps with a unified communications platform can give kinesthetic learners the freedom to move around and maintain professionalism while they connect with colleagues and clients. With features like screen share and whiteboarding, web conferencing can also be a valuable tool for tactile learners as they can interact in real-time.

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