What’s your preference for absorbing information? Are you tactile (touch), auditory (sound), or visual (sight)? You may think that you’re limited to only sound and sight as an online student, but you can easily modify your home learning environment to fit your needs. Once you’ve identified where your mind is at, you’ll be able to adopt new learning methods that will compliment your experience in the classroom.

Define your learning style.

1. Visual learners learn best through their eyes.
2. Auditory learners obtain information best through their ears.
3. Tactile leaners absorb knowledge through their hands.

Take the time to observe yourself, and how you relay information in a subject. If you find yourself doing a search for videos and podcasts then you should focus on tuning your skills in the auditory direction. Here’s a great post on how to “Maximize Your Learning Style in School and Life.” It’s has great suggestions and exercises for fine-tuning your learning skills.

By: J. Mason

Sometimes it’s not enough to have our apps, and other computer accessories closed down while we write. The more “noise” you have on your screen, the less likely you’ll feel compelled to finish the piece you’re writing on. If your preference is to create your weekly discussion post for class within the classroom editor, then consider trying a different approach. OmmWriter is the zen garden specifically created to soothe and coax you into the writing process.

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This program takes your mind to the spa. It blacks out everything that’s irrelevant to the topic at hand, and will playing soothing background music. Just be sure to bring your headphones along if you’re writing at a public place. It could be just enough to shake up the humdrum routine of producing weekly assignments.

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By: J. Mason

There’s a reason art is still included in class discussions for children in elementary school, it’s fundamental and enhances the basic building blocks of learning.

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A brain fart is the students biggest complaint for writer’s block. In online learning you’ll be writing a lot, possibly more than you ever have, so giving in to the flatulence in your head can really hold back your true potential. Instead, open up a paper you got a really high grade on. If you’re new and it’s been a while, pull up something from high school (if you have anything), or use something great from work.

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