So, I decided to start nitpicking at the way the game gives experience, and I've come up with my lists of exploits for them. Well, I missed leveling up a few times after I headed into a dungeon.
Using the skills in practice means that we have to hit our opponents with a blade, or conjure a wolf that actually kills something to gain experience in the respective skill areas. This causes leveling to be a thing that doesn't happen so often. Rather than casting a spell, or jumping up and down constantly, the new system requires that we use our skills in practice to get experience for them. Skyrim's intelligent new leveling system has trumped the former methods of spamming repeated moves to raise levels quickly. We have already covered the slick and brutal methods to raise our Spellcasting and Combative skills.
Here is the final part in Null Byte's series on mastering the skills in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.