What are the main types of learning and how can they be put to use on a learning event?

Scientists and psychologists have developed a number of different models to understand the different ways that people learn best. One popular theory, the VARK model, identifies four primary types of learners: visual, auditory, reading/writing, and kinesthetic.

There are a number of learning theories, each of which focuses on different aspects of the

learning process as applied to people in general. The main theories are concerned with:

reinforcement;

cognitive learning;

experiential learning;

Organizational learning can be characterized as an intricate three-stage process consisting of

knowledge acquisition, dissemination and shared implementation (Dale, 1994). Knowledge

may be acquired from direct experience, the experience of others or organizational memory.

Argyris (1992) suggests that organizational learning occurs under two conditions: first when

an organization achieves what is intended, and second when a mismatch between intentions

and outcomes is identified and corrected.