| Can you relate to - NOT learning? |
| Written by Craig Graham | |
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In the course of my blog scanning AND reading I stumble across a tidbit from Albert Ip on his post Informal Learning - an oxymoron if you read to the bottom you will find this quote: How many times we search for the same piece of information to solve the same problem? It is because we DID NOT MAKE an effort to take in that piece of information (ie we did not learn) so that we need to search for the same piece of information over and over again. The learnt skill that was used in this situation is the "search skill" which has been learnt before! How many times have I searched for that bug fix, line of code, or some other answer to a problem!! Yep, I certainly have learnt the "Search Skill" without a doubt. I wonder which is more important - knowing the answer or knowing where to get the answer. I suppose it depends on the situation right? The man or woman on the operating table wants to damn well be sure that the doctor who is operating knows the answer. And more importantly, knows how to fix the problem. They don't want to hear, "I'll be right back, I have to go find the answer and the steps to conduct this medical procedure." Having knowledge and having the ability to apply that knowledge are not the same. So the question arises (which I know has been discussed many times before somewhere), is the process of gaining knowledge learning or is the process of gaining a new skill set learning? NOTE to Albert Ip: comments are disabled on your blog, otherwise I would have left one. To anyone who wants to discuss or share their thoughts, feel free to leave a comment here or in the Forum. |
