Learning has always been a key aspect of human psychology as the human mind is passively learning something all the time. For increasing the positive implications of the new learning environment, passive knowledge construction should be replaced with active knowledge construction (Brabrand, 2009). Authors of ‘Teaching in Blended Learning Environments’ stated that for catering to the needs of modern learning, it is important that a sustainable environment is created customized for fulfilling the contemporary requirements. Additionally, it is argued that higher education should not be a one way medium of learning, rather it should be collaborative between teachers and students (Vaughan, Cleveland-Innes, & Garrison, 2013)
Learning Exprience
When I started learning the art of a healthy lifestyle. It was very difficult at the start because I was accustomed to living my life in a certain way. I find it more difficult than learning a particular new skill because for skills, you don’t have to change your entire outlook on life, but for opting healthy lifestyle, I had to change all my habits including eating, sleeping, working out, spending time out-door, etc. Watching a work out video might be easy, but doing exercise for even 10-15 minutes was very tough at the start, but I took my inspiration from this class and started putting some extra effort into exercise. I developed a proper diet plan according to the needs of my body by analysis of weight and height proportion through nutrition, and healthy lifestyle focused websites. Technology really helped me in my urge for a healthy lifestyle. I found a lot of inspirational stories on YouTube, which kept me motivated. YouTube proved to be very helpful as there were a large number of useful videos explaining every exercise and diet plan according to it. I started spending some time out-door, away from screens and getting proper sleep, which made my life healthier and made ma more productive.
References
Brabrand, C. (Director). (2009). Teaching & Understanding Understanding [Motion Picture].
Vaughan, N., Cleveland-Innes, M., & Garrison, R. (2013). Teaching in Blended Learning Environments: Creating and Sustaining Communities of Inquiry. AU Press.
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