Activity 2 - Reflecting to Learn

So here we are again! I really don't know why I am still so resistant to formal reflection on learning, but I am.  Don't get me wrong, I think reflection is absolutely great and should be a requirement, for everyone except me! Despite how positively I wrote about it in H808 a year ago, the reality is that I still resist. Sure enough my own (formal) reflection went out the window during H809, however, as the spot light is on, I will happily  have another go.

Assessment is always a prime motivator, and sure enough reflection pops up in TMA03 and its value is 12% of the overall mark. Seriously though, Gibbs' cycle of reflection  is useful. It helps to have specific questions to ask oneself, even if not all them are always necessarily relevant. 

Having looked back at my earlier musings, I am interested to note that the moment I needed to do this particular task I started mindmapping again. 

If prompted, (and I am being really honest here, because I am more likely to actually do this reflection if it forms part of the structure of the module) I will use my blog to record these reflections or I may keep everything on MindMeister. In the end all my notes for H809 are mindmapped and I can envisage the same happening again because I liked how that worked. I am trying not to muddle up reflection and note taking, but I also do find that quite difficult to do.