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what_is_learning [2011/09/07 09:33]
jpetrovic [Definitions of Learning]
what_is_learning [2023/06/19 18:03] (current)
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 ===== Definitions of Learning ===== ===== Definitions of Learning =====
  
-There is no single accepted definition of learning, since it depends on one's point of view((See: ​[[learning_paradigms|Learning ​paradigms]])). Some of the definitions we found useful are listed here. +There is **no single accepted definition of learning**, since it depends on one's point of view or a //learning paradigm//. Most commonly accepted **[[learning_paradigms|learning ​paradigms]]** suggest learning ​is:
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-Learning ​is:+
  
   * a visible change in one's behavior which can be measured((See:​ [[learning_paradigms:​Behaviorism]].))   * a visible change in one's behavior which can be measured((See:​ [[learning_paradigms:​Behaviorism]].))
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   * the process of connecting to information sources containing actionable knowledge and maintaining those connections((See:​ [[learning_paradigms:​ Connectivism]].))   * the process of connecting to information sources containing actionable knowledge and maintaining those connections((See:​ [[learning_paradigms:​ Connectivism]].))
  
-  ​* "​acquiring new or modifying existing knowledge, behaviors, skills, values, or preferences and may involve synthesizing different types of information."​(([[http://​en.wikipedia.org/​wiki/​Learning|Wikipedia:​ Learning. Retrieved September 6th, 2011. Updated August 11th, 2011.]])) +Some **other definitions** of learning we found useful are listed here: 
-  * "all relatively permanent changes in potential for behavior that result from experience but are not due to fatigue, maturation, drugs, injury, or disease."​(([[http://​books.google.com/books?id=w1IORQAACAAJ|Lefrancois,​ G. R. Theories of Human Learning: What the Old Man Said. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/​Thompson Learning. 2000.]])) + 
-  * "a relatively permanent change in behavior ​due to experience. ​This refers to a change in behavior, an external change that we can observe." ((Behaviorist definition. ​[[http://​books.google.com/​books?​id=A6UhKQEACAAJ|Ormrod,​ J.E. Human learning (3rd ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall. 1999.]])) +  ​* "//acquiring new or modifying existing knowledge, behaviors, skills, values, or preferences and may involve synthesizing different types of information.//"​(([[http://​en.wikipedia.org/​wiki/​Learning|Wikipedia:​ Learning. Retrieved September 6th, 2011. Updated August 11th, 2011.]])) 
-  * "a relatively permanent change in mental associations due to experience. This definition focuses on a change in mental associations,​ an internal change that we cannot observe."​ ((Ormrod, J.E. Human learning (3rd ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall. 1999.)) +  * "//the activity or process of gaining knowledge or skill by studying, practicing, being taught, or experiencing something: the activity of someone who learns.//"​(([[http://​www.learnersdictionary.com/​search/​learning|Merriam-Webster Learner'​s Dictionary: Learning.]] Retrieved September 6th, 2011.)) 
-  * +  * "//all relatively permanent changes in potential for behavior that result from experience but are not due to fatigue, maturation, drugs, injury, or disease.//"​(([[http://​books.google.hr/books?id=u1gtAAAACAAJ|Lefrancois,​ G. R. Theories of Human Learning: What the Old Man Said. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/​Thompson Learning. 2000.]])) 
 +  * "//a relatively permanent change in mental associations ​due to experience.//" (([[http://​books.google.com/​books?​id=A6UhKQEACAAJ|Ormrod,​ J.E. Human learning (3rd ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall. 1999.]])) 
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