The Personal Learning Curve Vs the Classroom

As a child, I used to sit at the back of the class and will the teacher not to ask me the answer to any questions. This wasn’t because I couldn’t answer them, or at least have a stab at them. I likened it to going on a TV quiz show, where answering on-time and in front of other people is not always as easy as it might seem.

This didn’t mean I was unable to learn the subject matter – but simply that I couldn’t learn it in that environment.

Considering this, I greatly believe in and support the new wave of training plans being offered, as they clearly support new ways of learning.

A strategy being employed within the IT industry has to be one of the best examples of this. As might be expected, it’s leading the way using the latest technological assets to teach complex skills and techniques, and it’s enjoying a good deal of success.

Offering the option of on-line and multimedia lessons, presented by leaders in their respective field, gives high grade access to a vast array of learning material – whenever the student wants, and wherever they want it. True 24×7 learning and the real option to choose where to study; all of which adds to the learning experience and ultimately improves learning success.

A world away from the sterile, intimidating experience of the classroom of youth.

There are clearly other benefits: The ability to carry on study when the student may not feel wholly well, or during incapacitation. Training schemes are available to all, including those with disabilities who find it difficult to study at a centralised centre. The ability to carry on studying regardless of the weather outside, and the ability to study in the security of one’s own home.

Additional advantages include the reduction in ‘down-time’ and cost; in terms of the time it takes to travel to and from the travel centre, the issue of having to be there at a set time, and the cost of travel there and back. All this supports the strategy of ‘smart study’ – studying what you want, when you want it, where it suits you best, and in a cost effective manner.

This method of training is not dependent upon the slow upgrades or revisions of books and reading material. Students are more likely to be studying the latest concepts and skills available, giving them an edge over their counterparts.

This doesn’t mean that you’re forced to study in isolation though. This new training philosophy understands that some people need to blend their study program with human communication. As such, a truly effective plan includes on-line ‘interactive’ support, and many students also set up their own study-buddy network, where they can discuss their ideas in a relaxed environment and review the concepts under study.

Incredible developments have occurred in the field of IT and educational strategies. It seems a natural progression that these two disciplines have come together for the advantage of the student, and created a training environment where the student is more in-control. This makes it more pleasurable overall, and is surely one of the basic tenets of learning?

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