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: Study Skills
Book Review – Your Happy First Draft
A few months ago, I reviewed a book about dance and how it related to online learning. Today’s book is even more relevant to online learning. Courses may include writing and sharing comments, paragraphs, and essays.
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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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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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Are Paper Books Better than Reading on a Screen?
Recently, a family member published a book. My sister downloaded the Kindle app to her phone but when she tried to read the e-book, she found she was not remembering what she had read from one day to the next. Continue reading
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
How to Take Better Notes
Many online courses are presented in the form of videos. I usually Continue reading
How to Find Answers When You’re Studying in Isolation
One major disadvantage of studying online is the difficulty of finding answers when you don’t understand something. 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
Learn Faster by Training Your Brain to Focus
In today’s world, we are increasingly bombarded with distractions. Recent studies have shown that it can take more than 20 minutes to return productively to an interrupted task. Continue reading