Circular Learning Loop
- Curtis Blair
- Apr 5, 2023
- 1 min read
Musing: I have been reading about mental models and how they influence comprehension. I am playing with the notion that horizon scanning could be a learning loop to alter mental models.
I haven’t fully formed the idea, but the interdisciplinary activity could follow a circular approach: Identifying interests, Discovering information, Developing a practice, and seek feedback. The strategy looks similar to UX Research, but I might be projecting my bias.
Circular Learning Loop: Real problems are complex and do not have single answers; there is a need to use various approaches to develop multiple solutions that address alternative perspectives and needs.
Learning Loop Characteristics
Learning theory and implementing it in practice
Practicing fundamentals to develop advanced concepts
Self-reflection is growth through incremental improvements
Continuous learning identifies what you don’t know
Critical thinking is how you reuse information to explore a problem
Creative thinking is how you consider external factors and changes in context
Feedback identifies what is working and what needs improvements
Technical skills teach how to complete a task in a specific way
Life skills are transferable across domains teaching how to approach problems
Do you have any thoughts on developing a learning loop that provides actionable solutions while revealing missing knowledge in the initial problem definition?
