My First Learning Team Experience My involvement in the Learning Team environment at the University was a great learning experience. When we were assigned teams at the end of the first week, I really didn't know what to expect. I have worked in teams numerous times in my career, both professionally and privately. The teams I've worked with have always had the goal of producing a product or improving a process. Learning has always been a part of these teams, but I have never been on a team whose specific purpose was centered on learning. The first task my learning team faced was finding an effective communication method. "High-performing teams have extensive communication mechanisms in place. They regularly communicate with each other in person, via phone or email, and keep those who can't attend meetings informed of the team's progress." (Workplace Team, p. 317) We decided to use an instant messaging chat because of its real-time communication and ability to record messages to allow us to keep those who were unable to chat informed. Our first official task was to create a Carta team. One of the questions in this paper was to determine whether the team would have a leader, and if so, that leader's tenure. "All groups need leadership. Without leadership, a group may be nothing more than a collection of individuals who lack coordination and motivation to achieve a common goal." (Leadership in Teams, page 173) Instead of having one leader for the entire course, the team decided to rotate leaders at the beginning of each school week. I was selected by my colleagues as a team leader during the first assignment. Being the team leader, I wasn't just responsible for... half the paper... that he gave up. But then, seeing that both sticks could be put together to form one long stick (intuitive experience), the chimpanzee put the stick a little inside the larger one and managed to reach the banana and pull it towards him. many differences and similarities between each of these learning processes. For example, classical conditioning involves only involuntary or reflex responses while operant conditioning involves both involuntary and voluntary reflexes. These different learning processes can be used independently in many different situations. Where classical conditioning may be more effective in one situation, it may be useless in another. For this reason each of these learning processes, classical and operant conditioning, and observational and intuitive learning, are as important and effective as the other..