Online Learning Patterns: Course Analysis

Everyone learns in different ways. In order to succeed in an online learning environment, you need to step away from previous learning habits. You need to think outside of the box as far as school is concerned, and actively seek out the resources you may need. This is on-par with what I had expected of online learning. I have always been more open-minded when it comes to learning, so my views on the subject have not really changed. Being that everyone learns different things in different ways, I feel that it is an individual responsibility for the student to study the material in a way that they can comprehend and retain for future use. It is important for a person to understand how they learn things. I have always been a “hands-on” learner, regardless of the subject being taught. This reflected in my Learning Patterns Assessment, with Technical Reasoning being my most dominant skill with a scale score of 30. I use Technical Reasoning to help me understand the causes and effects of how a problem came to be. My only …show more content…
I feel that my strongest learning skills do more harm then good in an online learning environment. My Technical Reasoning makes me want to limit my use of words, which is not a good thing in an online classroom. Also, the fact that Sequence is one of my weaker skills, completing longer assignments can be more challenging than it should be. I feel that confluence is neither here nor there when it comes to helping or hurting my online learning. Thinking outside of the box and taking risks seems unnecessary in this environment, but that is just my opinion. The only real benefit as far as I can tell, is Precision. My need to be correct paired with my wanting to see documentation of my success goes perfectly with online learning. In order to become a more intentional learner, I found myself suppressing my technical reasoning to allow me to focus more on my