During the second week of classes I had four reading
assignments:
The first one:
“Learning Theories” by www.infed.org. This paper talks about learning,
definition, how learning is achieved, understood and processed. I agree with the idea that leaning is
achieved by observation and reproducing what is observed; most children learn
by imitating adults. I also think that
motivation is a great component in someone’s learning. A person cannot learn if there is no
inspiration or drive to learn. Another
important point is attention; if the person is distracted, the learning could
have a negative effect.
Second reading:
“System Theory – An Overview” by www.panarchy.org. This report is
written by Ludwing von Bertalanffy who uses some parts of a book called General
System Theory (1968). It seems that the
author emphasizes learning is acquired by reacting with each one’s
environment. I believe that this theory focuses
in experimenting with biology.
Third reading:
“Shannon Model Communication” by www.exploratorium.edu. This reading talks about Claude Shannon, in
the 1940s, and how he designed the communication system through the telephone. He explains how the information is
transmitted thought the telephone and if there is too much information or noise
within the communication channel, the system will not be able to understand and
it would result in an error. I believe
the same problems would exist in today’s technology, if we enter too much material,
information or code within a system, it could easily crush.
My last reading for
this week is “Shannon-Weaver Model” by www.communicationtheory.org. This article
explains in details the “Shannon-Weaver model of communication”. It explains several concepts like “information
source, transmitter, Noise, channel, message, receiver, channel, information
destination, encode and decode”. I believe
that by making the system simpler, it avoids the problems of a large system and
the communication works well.
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