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7 Ways Students Can Make Online Learning More Productive

Online resources can make learning a fun and rewarding adventure. However, there is a danger looming behind all that flexibility: procrastination. You constantly tell yourself there is enough time to study tomorrow, so you don’t manage to achieve the planned results. If you are looking for ways to boost your productiveness in online learning, this is the article for you! The following 7 methods will help you focus and achieve the goals you are after. 1. Plan your studying schedule If you are committed to obtaining an online degree, then the learning process cannot be based merely on fun. Online programs can be just as challenging as traditional ones; you’ll have to face and complete various assignments , participate in forums , and pass exams. Are you aware of the most important thing to do when you’re trying to get more productive? Make a plan! For example, you can spend three days of the week on your assignments and three days in studying. Choose a schedule that wo...

Twenty Tips on Motivating Students

Few teachers would deny that motivated students are easier to teach, or that students who are interested in learning do, in fact, learn more. So how do teachers motivate their students? Here are some practiced, tried-and true strategies to get (and keep) your students interested in learning. Know your students' names and use their names as often as possible. Plan for every class; never try to wing it. Pay attention to the strengths and limitations of each of your students. Reward their strengths and strengthen their weaknesses. If possible, set your room in a U-shape to encourage interaction among students. Vary your instructional strategies; use lectures, demonstrations, discussions, case studies, groups, and more. Review the learning objectives with your students. Be sure students know what they are expected to learn, do, know, etc. Move around the room as you teach. Make your classes relevant. Be sure students see how the content relates to them and the world aro...

Introducing AirKlip Aura

We are really excited. We are expanding AirKlip with a new platform and it would be awesome to have you around. We plan to launch in early July.  The new AirKlip ver3.0 is aimed at putting more control in your hands as the user of the app. The new update will not replace anything that’s existing but instead it will have an easier way of getting timetables on the platform combined with additional features that will better suit the way students work and collaborate. Today AirKlip is not as convenient for students as we would like it to be. Students have to wait for their class rep to create an account and create a timetable for them. In case of any changes on the same timetable they have to wait for them to make the changes. Task sharing for students is not easy and not well incorporated in the system. Hence this is resulting to a lot of work to the students and on our end in terms of support. Really, no one is happy. The new application will address all of these issues and ...