Module 4

Module 4 is about online learning strategies and skills. About reading online, we need to pay attention to three parts. The first part is the preparison before reading. As an active reader, students should review syllabus to know what need to do later. One important thing is to put away anything that would distract attention from studying. For me, I usually put away my iphone and ipad because I’m a visual learner. Then the second part is the time of reading. We should show why we read it at first and then scan the text quickly to learn several important points. I usually highlight or underline sentences and words that I believe are important with highlighters.  During my reading, I pay special attention to the charts and bold or italic words because these things are always helpful to understand the whole reading. After reading, I would summarize what I have read in proper form so that I know I have understand the reading contents. The proper form includes diagram, timeline and flashcards. If I can’t, I would preview the key points and ask questions to myself to strenghten my understanding. Finally, after reading, it’s necessary to paste the key points and the summaries to the Word doc. Organizing these sentences and adding comments beside these words are helpful for my future review. This is a convient and effective method all the time for me.

Considering that online reading is very different from traditional reading, summarizing important information seems important to me. As many information online are  in  videos, images and audio, we need to take notes to understand its meanings. However, online reading is more colorful and informational than traditional reading, even though it is less authorized and organized. Overall, this is my online learning methods and opinions.

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