Do you have plans for some online learning in the new year? As well as ambition, you need a sound strategy to turn those dreams into reality.
Here are eight ways to finish that course and one approach for if it isn’t working out:
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Tag Archives: Motivation
Be Inspired by Quotes About Learning
Several weeks ago, I read an inspirational quote from Mahatma Ghandi which set me thinking about how we can be inspired to improve ourselves by learning from each other’s words.
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A Khanversation Between Sal Khan and Barbara Oakley
Two of my favourite online teachers met on Friday 16 November to discuss learning. Sal Khan hosted Barbara Oakley at the Khan Academy headquarters. Continue reading
Turn Your Dreams into Reality
We all have dreams. Dreams of a happier life, more money, more time to do the things we want to do rather than the things we have to do. Dreams can be like clouds Continue reading
How Exercise Can Help You Learn
This year, 2018, the World Health Organization (WHO) released a global action plan on physical activity, which can be downloaded from this WHO page. According to the document, one in every four adults in the world does not exercise as much as they should. Continue reading
Why am I struggling with this course?
You open up your course and start watching the videos. Soon your mind is wandering and you realize you haven’t heard the last few minutes. What went wrong? Continue reading
6 Reasons for not Completing an Online Course
Have you started an online course (or perhaps more than one) but a few weeks later it has come to a complete halt?
There could be a number of reasons for this and also several strategies to overcome the block. You need to look at your individual situation before deciding the best way forward. Continue reading
How to set and achieve your goals
Setting goals can help you move forward in life, especially when those goals are revised regularly. What are you learning? Why are you learning? Do you have a learning goal?
How often in life have you started off a new project only to lose steam part-way through? Continue reading
Amber’s Story: the Advantages of Online Learning
Amber* is a Civil Engineer, working in Marine Structure Design, who combines part-time work with mothering her two small children. She completed her Bachelor degree as a full-time, on-campus student and has also studied a MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) and several post-graduate university subjects externally. Continue reading
Make the Most of Learning Later in Life
When I retired from paid work in 2012, I thought I would be doing plenty of gardening, some handcrafts and reading. I also had visions of my house sparkling and tidy.
Five years on, most of the garden is again a wilderness and craft time is limited to crochet in front of the television in the evenings. As for that clean and tidy house, the less said, the better. Instead, I have spent many retirement hours completing 90 MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) and setting up my own blog. Continue reading