Overall Reflection Of Online Learning Strategies – Module 7

At the beginning of this course I had previously taken a few online courses which for the most part, I was winging them. Learning in an online setting can be challenging because the responsibility is really all in up to you to learn the material and be able to apply it on the assignments and tests. Now that I have a large number of strategies for learning I think that my skills have been noticeably increased not just in an online environment, but also in a normal class setting. I can apply what I have learned to both settings and learn in better ways than I could before.

One of the most interesting things that I have learned during this course was of the different tools available to me to convert information into various formats for the different types of learning. Sharing tools with other students and learning about tools I have never heard of before has been interesting and will hopefully improve my productivity. Another interesting thing that I learned was different methods for studying. By using the different tools to available to me I have been able to study more efficiently and in a shorter amount of time. One of the strategies that I have actually used and has helped me was in my math course was by converting the chapters from the book into Mind-maps I have been able to get a grasp of the material a lot easier.

The most meaningful experience that I had in this course was to create a time sheet of what I actually did during the day and compare it to how I actually planned out what I was going to do. This showed me that I was wasn’t using the amount of time I had available to me to my advantage and that if I moved around some parts of my schedule I could more efficiently do a task. By not staying up so late on the weekends using all my time to sleep in I could put that time to use working on my school work or other tasks that might interfere with my school work later. It has helped me stay focused and finish up this semester strong instead of just running out of time.

In the future, I think that I can apply a large chunk of this course to any classes I have whether it is in class or online. Sticking to a schedule is probably the most crucial thing I will use in the future for all of my courses no matter what the subject is because it is really a life skill. Study skills and information management tools and tricks are something that is now available to me. The tools available to me from online resources are very helpful and if traditional learning environment isn’t working I can always try these new methods and hopefully one will stick. For the most part I think that having some sort of strategy to get through whatever you are doing is going to be half the battle and then from there the only thing left is to actually do it instead of being indecisive or running out of time.

One thought on “Overall Reflection Of Online Learning Strategies – Module 7

  1. This was a very well written and interesting final blog post. I feel that this was written with a lot of thought put into it. The layout and structure all make it very easy to read, and I enjoyed reading it.

    Keep up the good work.

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