1- A memory from Middle school: I still remember my English language teacher. I can't forget how brilliant she was in making a novel as dull as "Great Expectations" an enjoyable experience. Her secret lies within her amazing ability to act the characters and to change her voice and use her body during reading the novel to us. I used to go to an English school and we studied an English Novel every year. In most cases a dull classic by Shakespeare or Charles Dickens. I learned from her that everything can be interesting and enjoyable with a little simple twist and a lot of effort and passion.
2- A memory from my university and my post-graduate diploma: I graduated from the faculty of pharmacy. Not an exciting learning experience. 5 years of non-stimulating massive amount of knowledge received in a very traditional setting turns out to be practically useless in the world of work. I can now say that there's no single piece of information I can remember as it totally depended on memorizing information that has been never used after graduation. On the other hand, during by post-graduate diploma in Information Technology, I learned everything from scratch. I had zero previous knowledge in the world of IT and programming. However, in no time I significantly excelled. The secret is what they used to teach us. Instead of giving us information, they taught us how to find information and I actually learned how to learn independently rather than waiting for someone to transfer the knowledge to me. This was a turning point, a life changer and a huge learning experience.
3- A memory from my current job: I was suddenly assigned the task of process management by my managers. Although I had practical experience in management, I has never used a high level project management tool like Jira. I was given the time to explore and learn more about it and then I immediately proceeded with setting the tool, efficiently adapting and using it to suit our needs, coaching the rest of team members and providing consultancy to other teams. I would say that this has been the same when I had to use any new tool or software. An interesting learning adventure everytime! Online help, videos, communities, and forums are now a major source of learning.