Understanding builds knowledge. Knowledge builds understanding. Someone commented afterwards that I d made some good points, but what a pity it was that I didn t cover some of the strategies I d said were essential. It drove home to me how people take competence in learning for granted. People understand the need to spend TIME and money learning to use computers.
Strategies are a bit like habits, though.
Good habits take time and a lot of practice before they become habitual. Good strategies take time and a lot of practice before they are used automatically, strategically and flexibly to support a variety of learning approaches. I am delighted that the NEMP tasks have provided a focus for these skills that are so obvious that their importance to learners tends to be diminished.