Learners are like traveler

To start with, I believe almost everyone have heard this cliche saying "life is like a journey", we live and we learn. So whether you want it or not, the life you've been through kept teaching you something. "Tell me and I forgot, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn", said by Benjamin Franklin. We, as learners, are like travelers living and learning during this life-long journey. 

As Cristina Costa mentioned in her blog Learning is like traveling, she think learners should seek to travel/learn in various ways to catch up with today's world. In terms of types of travelers, there are certain sort of traveler who likes travel around places, just for taking pictures then mark this place as "been here before"; there are also travels who like particular type of places or interests to visit, for instance some people travel only for explore the architecture or historic buildings while others might travel for good foods and delicate shops; also, some people are inclined to take adventure, explore the mysterious world. Whichever way are all different styles of traveling. Now, learning is not just read a book or listen to a class, studying seems to always intertwine with different disciplines, as Siemens mentioned in his article Connectivism: A Learning Theory for the Digital Age：“many learners will move into a variety of different, possibly unrelated fields over the course of their lifetime”.

Since technology is in constant progress, as Siemens in the video The Impact of Social Software on Learning  suggested "Knowledge in technology field changes really quickly", hence those knowledges we already known must be updated for everyday and such learning is like traveling metaphor is useful. Learners can always start with familiar things then gradually explore the unknown area with the help of technology tools. Nowadays, there are even more ways through Internet allowed us to absorb information we needed for our course. As Networked Student suggested, with the assist of possible tools, a student can get best sources instantly from all over the world. 

Overall, by experiencing things by learners themselves, people can learn better and memory could lasts longer. In addition, in today's highly connected world within the use of Internet, learners need also to be catch up with those progress and make adaption constantly.