What if… all the other ’What Ifs’ are true?

How do we know when we learn?

A simple answer — some would say — are the ‘A-HA!’ moments that we have in our lives. Others might add those very specific memories we hold onto must be learning moments.

Unfortunately humans were not designed like the ‘Programs’ in Tron Legacy that have ID discs that record every event for retrieval. Unless of course, you consider the human brain.

However, Tacit Knowledge shows us that much of what we have learned is either stored subconsciously or was even learned there.

Learning Theories:

There are a plethora of learning theories [click on the image to expand it]. Many are aware of a few of them — education and psychology professionals are aware of many of them. Most however are focused on differing elements of how we learn and don’t really address how we know we learn anything.

Is change, learning?

Is a recognizable change in behaviour evidence we have learned something? What does it mean when others can see the change but we can’t? Are there certain techniques or methods we can utilize each day / week / month / year to monitor and reflect on what we have accomplished? Is accomplishment the same as learning?