Abstract research summary

Autonomous Learning

Alejandro León Ortiz

Universidad La Gran Colombia

2020

Resource based approaches: In this model, a company's own resources are

seen as essential for higher performance, because it is better to use existing
resources in new ways rather than trying to acquire skills that cannot be used
together.
There are tangible, intangible, heterogeneous and immobile resources:
Tangible: They are material things like equipment that facilitate and speed up
certain processes.
Intangibles: They are immaterial things like processes or knowledge or
intellect, which means that a continuous learning process is needed to develop
it.
Heterogeneous: The resources, abilities and capacities that people have are
not equal to each other, they all have a different quantity and combinations.
Stationary: Resources are an advantage if they are used strategically to
acquire new skills or knowledge, it is not recommended to copy the strategies
of others because it may not work in the same way.
Although the resource-based approach was originally for companies, it can
also be applied to individuals individually in educational settings and some
others. I do not completely agree with the resource-based approach, however I
agree that tangible and intangible resources should be used in such a way that
a strategy can be created that uses each of the resources that are available to
facilitate the learning of whatever, although this part is quite complex at first
since it is difficult to articulate each of the resources to finally have an
effective means to learn and succeed.
Normally it is easier to just copy someone else's strategy, but this is not as
productive as it seems because the resources and skills that we each have are
usually different and even if they were the same, it would not be possible to
achieve success since it must be taken into account. The own style counts,
maybe if you can copy and duplicate a strategy to the letter but the style is
something that cannot be transferred and applied for everyone, in fact I would
add the style as a type of intangible resource because it takes a long time to
develop and it doesn't work the same for everyone.
In addition, Self-access learning can work together with the resource-based
approach easily because with self-learning they have the option to control and
take charge of the way they study and the time they spend, therefore if I know
how I want to study I can create an appropriate strategy with the resources I
have, whether material or intangible.
The role of the teacher has a difficulty in this topic because he is the one who
must become the person who provides his students with the precise
information so that they themselves can independently manufacture their own
learning tactics, I mean that there is a difficulty in the teacher because in a few
words he is the one who must give his students enough concepts so that they
can continue on their own, and the role of the student consists above all of a
self-examination in order to detect all their skills and abilities, initially it is
going to be complicated for the student because this exercise is something that
takes time and more than anything requires the will to want to do things
(individualization).
However, the application of the resource-based approach can facilitate the
speed with which people learn because the amount of resources is enough to
learn, only with a computer connected to the Internet you can access hundreds
of resources intended for learning skills and knowledge, from videos, texts,
audios and others.