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Courses on offer on the internet all offer numerous
ways of learning and understanding these can make a lot of difference
in whether your online learning experience is successful or not. The methods
used to deliver your work or assignments and the way you deliver it to
the tutor completed is totally different from those methods used in school
or college but the outcome is the same, you earn a degree.
In order for you to get the most from your online learning course or programme
understanding the components to it is essential, there are three main
types of learning methods used in online learning and these are visual,
auditory and tactile kinesthetic.
The basics behind online learning
* Reading - this is visual learning
* Listening - this is auditory learning
* Seeing - this is visual learning
* Speaking - this is auditory learning
* Doing - this is tactile learning
Speaking and doing are active types of learning while reading, listening
and seeing are all types of passive learning, how well or how quick we
learn depends on the type of learning which we find the easiest and how
involved we are in learning. Studies have shown that we learn best through
using a combination of the above along with the environment in which we
choose to learn.
Active learning modes
The environment in which we learn can make all the difference to how much
we learn and studies have shown that we learn more quickly by putting
into practise what we learn. By talking, repeating and by doing what we
have learned helps us to retain the knowledge of what we learned and all
of these methods combine and are what are known as active learning modes.
Passive learning modes
The passive learning modes which help us to retain the knowledge we learn
are speaking, listening and seeing which is then followed by listening
and seeing.
Combining all this together
When we are learning online, we learn more by passive learning, this is
due to the fact that we learn through reading text online and listening
to audio clips with lessons. The active part of our learning is achieved
by sending out e-mail and talking in online forums and chat rooms, the
home environment plays a huge part when learning online as what we learn
is put to the test in the home environment.
The home environment is thought to be the biggest reason why knowledge
is retained as students put into practise in their daily lives what they
have learned. In order to get the most out of your course it is essential
that you choose a course which offers materials with which you are comfortable
using and which suits your style of learning.
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