My VARK Questionnaire result

By scoring myself using the VARK questionnaire I recieved the following results:

Visual - 5
Aural - 4
Read/Write - 4
Kinethetic - 6

The close results show me that I have a Multimodal learning style in the favour of Kinesthetic. This highlights the fact that I can learn in numerous ways. This surprises me as I thought myself to be a visual learner rather than all types because I find diagrams and pictures much easier to understand rather than a large section of text. I thought aural would be my second preference as hearing someone talking seems to break the understanding down for me and allows me to form the words in my head. I thought I was a read/write learner least as I feel the need to re-read the sentence sometimes to completely understand. Being a kinesthetic learner pleases me as I do enjoy being involved and makes the subject content seem more alive.

Overall, being a multimodal style learner excites me and makes me feel more relaxed about the different teaching styles different tutors have.

My Myers-brigg Type Indicator Test

Taking my MBTI I found that my result was ESTJ. I found it strangely accurate as it was the same result I recieved during the lecture. The percentages were:

• 22% Extraverted
• 12% Sensing
• 1% thinking
• 89% Judging

The outcome does surprise me as I thought I was quite a intraverted person. In certain situations and group work usually tend to be quieter but actually this test made me think and realise that lately I have been more extraverted in my work. Maybe the university environment is changing the way I learn.

The strong judging part of my personality does not suprise me though. I have always been very organised and prefer to complete my work straight away before relaxing. I hope not to be extremely judging as I would like to be known as a fun person but if work or a career depended on it I would complete it first.

My SWOT Anaysis

Reflecting on different aspects of my life and as a person I have created my SWOT Analysis.

Strengths

• Understand the University System
• I can use the library and its resources
• I can demonstrate basic IT skills
• I can demonstrate numeracy skills
• My reading and writing skills
• My speaking and listening skills
• Working with others

Weaknesses

• My academic practice
• How to maximise benefit from teaching and learning
• Referencing
• My note organisation

Opportunities

• Meeting new people
• Becoming more confident
• Experiencing a new way of life
• Learning new skills
• To be able to set myself up for a better future

Threats

• Balancing University work and home life
• Increasing costs and fees
• Not understanding parts of the course
• Handling different and new assignments

At least there seems to be more positives than negatives!

Learning line

Heres my learning line. It doesn't look much. I'm trying to think what else I could add.

The life of Me

Hey people, my name is Joel. I am 20 years old and I am studying Multimedia, Animation & the Web at Anglia Ruskin University in Chelmsford.
I have been working my way to University since I began school. I am not sure what to expect from the life here at Uni but I have high hopes for it! The only down side to it is the travelling. I have to drive an hour each way everyday and find a damn parking space, which is hell!!

I am hoping to obtain a great degree from the 3 years I have here and have alot of fun! I have already got a great group of friends in my course so its all good. I aim to go out lots and have loads of fun and get absolutely trousered down the pub!

Once I have completed my degree (hopefully!) I would like to go into Arcitectural Realisation and create buildings and environments using the best software available.

The work load at uni bit nerve-racking but hopefully i can handle it! If I have any problems I guess I'll be blogging it!

See you around!