How to Overcome Procrastination in Elearning Online?

One barrier to a successful elearning online experience that is probably most prevalent especially in asynchronous electronic learning method is procrastination. I, myself, experience this from time to time. In fact, it’s becoming quite a hobby!

Self-motivation or just plain motivation is the key or the cure to procrastination but finding that treasure throve of enthusiasm is easier said than done. Fortunately there are strategies that I’ve learned that I’m willing to share to anyone out there stuck in the rut.

Time management – Even if you don’t have a set schedule for your elearning online sessions, initiate setting up your own schedule. Set aside a definite amount of time per week for your sessions. Make it a routine so you won’t forget it.

Join a virtual learning community – It’s nice to have a group of people having the same goals that can support and motivate each other. In my case, we formed an exclusive forum for all student writers where we can post our works to be critiqued and to learn tips from our lecturers who are professional writers. I definitely say that this is a great way to keep motivated and avoid the ugly monster called procrastination!

Create a positive physical learning environment – Set up the room where you do most of your elearning online sessions in a way where distractions won’t easily find you. I prefer a quiet room with no TV. It’s hard enough to avoid surfing the net while you’re in class albeit virtually.

Find something interesting – The best thing about elearning is when you’re really interested in the subject, motivation will come naturally. It’s when you’re forced to undergo elearning online sessions with topics that doesn’t really interest you that motivation becomes a problem. What should you do then? Open yourself up to new concepts and ideas included in your learning content. I sometimes find new ideas fascinating if I learned more about them.

Some Elearning Online for Kids

Elearning online is slowly evolving to become the standard in education. A lot of people are benefiting from the various offerings of elearning online, the post popular of which are features of convenience, ease and flexibility. However, I notice that a lot of the popular information and resources I encounter on the World Wide Web are more applicable to young adults and adults. Shouldn’t there be cool electronic learning for children, too?

I did a little bit of more specific research on the internet in hopes of discovering useful links and sources that direct me towards children-friendly tools, programs or applications. I found that there are in fact a lot of web 2.0 tools that can be incorporated into teaching practices for the younger generation. More research should be done regarding the use or application of these elearning online innovations, but still, it is interesting to take note of their basic function and use for consideration.

• Owl Box – One of the most adorable one so far, this is a live owl cam and a live person cam all in one. Sometimes, the teacher and classroom of kids can interact with the owl box by doing some Q & A activities! It is very engaging, and I believe that many educators will find this extremely useful.

• Orca Lab – During lessons about ocean life, whales, dolphins and the like, this tool can be extremely handy. Some areas of the country are fortunate enough to have orca whales in their bodies of water. This cool tool allows teachers and students listen to orcas live. Children are guaranteed to enjoy using this elearning tool.

• World Without Oil Lives – This is actually a sim game that features a lot of web 2.0 collaborative elements such as blogs, videos and so on. Games are a great way to keep young children interested in lessons or courses. Mission to Learn provides a great list of sim games that can be used for electronic learning.