The Art of Reflection

The importance of reflecting on what you are doing, as part of the learning process, is often emphasised. Students in higher education are responsible for their own progress as independent learners. They must of course take notice of and act upon formal feedback from their lecturers, but it is also important that they think about, or more REFLECT on, their learning. I use mind mapping tools to help my students to focus on aspects that help the reflection process. One of my favourite Web 2.0 tools for this job is Bubbl.us. It is a concept mapping application, similar to Inspiration, that allows the user to make graphical representations of ideas. Bubbl.us calles these concept maps "mind maps". But the Web 2.0ness allows users to share a bubbl mind map and work collaboratively, it also allows creators to embed their bubbls on their blogs, wikis or other webpages. In the words of Blue Peter, "here's one I started earlier"