Guide to Online Learning
The Essential Guide to Online Learning provides information on assisting online students with options to allow for a successful learning experience. Below are some strategies that I feel can be beneficial as a student.
Planning- The pre-reading strategy can be a great asset as an online student. It can allow for you to prepare for assignments in a timely manner. As an online learner, planning ahead prevents stress that can happen when waiting until the due date of a project to read and it gives time for the unexpected much like working as a Project Manager!
Studying- There are a few strategies that I think may actually work well for me: setting up a study environment and working harder at eliminating distractions. As a single mother eliminating distractions is easier to say than to put into practice. Constant noise is something that I have adapted to however, I have not considered the idea of having a space dedicated to only studying. I have been blessed to work from home about 90% of the time and have an area that is solely used for work. So I guess that the same concept should apply for educational purposes.
Time Management – One strategy is managing time by handling Attention Thieves. Essential Guide to Online Learning defines attention thieves as when “you mindlessly and half-heartedly allow yourself to be distracted by nonproductive activities”. In everyday life I struggle with being able to complete my “mommy list”. I begin a task and become easily distracted by an attention thief, whether it is responding to an email while I am reading/studying or stopping mid sentence on a paper to straighten the kitchen.
With Technology I consider myself a mini expert in utilizing the World Wide Web to search for information. The Essential Guide to Online Learning discusses the use of the Interlibrary Loan Program. Using this network a person that has a library card can gain access to books and media from around the country. This system is new to me and is
Planning- The pre-reading strategy can be a great asset as an online student. It can allow for you to prepare for assignments in a timely manner. As an online learner, planning ahead prevents stress that can happen when waiting until the due date of a project to read and it gives time for the unexpected much like working as a Project Manager!
Studying- There are a few strategies that I think may actually work well for me: setting up a study environment and working harder at eliminating distractions. As a single mother eliminating distractions is easier to say than to put into practice. Constant noise is something that I have adapted to however, I have not considered the idea of having a space dedicated to only studying. I have been blessed to work from home about 90% of the time and have an area that is solely used for work. So I guess that the same concept should apply for educational purposes.
Time Management – One strategy is managing time by handling Attention Thieves. Essential Guide to Online Learning defines attention thieves as when “you mindlessly and half-heartedly allow yourself to be distracted by nonproductive activities”. In everyday life I struggle with being able to complete my “mommy list”. I begin a task and become easily distracted by an attention thief, whether it is responding to an email while I am reading/studying or stopping mid sentence on a paper to straighten the kitchen.
With Technology I consider myself a mini expert in utilizing the World Wide Web to search for information. The Essential Guide to Online Learning discusses the use of the Interlibrary Loan Program. Using this network a person that has a library card can gain access to books and media from around the country. This system is new to me and is