Category Archives: Learning

Don't let distractions interrupt your study.

Improving Your Study Techniques: a Review of the Course

I have taken several online courses about learning in the last few years. Some have been interesting and inspiring. Others have been less memorable.

I am happy to say Improving Your Study Techniques is definitely worthwhile taking if you want to make the most of your study time, whether online or as an on-campus student. Presented by Maple Hupkens and Anne-Miek Hermsen of the University of Groningen (Netherlands), each of the four weeks brought new material to help with organisation, prepare the brain for study, learn the work, and revise effectively to prepare for exams. Techniques for dealing with procrastination, stress and keeping motivated are also covered.

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Try to explain what you have learned to your teddy bear.

How to Remember Coursework

Although I have completed more than 100 courses, they haven’t all needed deep concentration or memorization. I am embarrassed by how little I can remember of some of those courses. Some others, though, are still clear in my memory even years later. Why? And how can we improve our recall of what we learned after a course has finished?

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Online Courses That Keep on Giving

During or after many online courses, you can join social media groups and/or receive emails from course providers or the course creators. Most course provider emails are marketing type correspondence, encouraging learners to enroll (and hopefully take the paid certificate option) in new or popular courses. These emails also often extol the benefits of online learning, particularly for your career prospects. Emails sent from course creators are more likely to contain information on topics or resources of more specific interest to that particular field.

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