Virtual education and self-learning
Before, those who practiced self-learning were known as self-taught. Such prominent figures include Charles Chaplin, Woody Allen, José Saramago, Gabriel García Márquez and Estanislao Zuleta, among others.
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All of them chose to learn outside the classroom and formal programs.
A few decades ago this type of training was based on books and experimentation. Nowadays, with the presence of the Internet, studies in any area of knowledge can be carried out via the web, and include documents, videos, animations and all kinds of resources.
Self-learning is a system that benefits the student's integral development, ensuring lifelong learning, which gives the student freedom to be creative, to learn through their own mistakes, and to understand that he is solely responsible for the results of his work. .
Given its characteristics and advantages, virtual education is the perfect environment to motivate your practice:
• Flexitime
The absence of a physical space to attend gives the student the opportunity to enter the platform when convenient and, therefore, a flexible schedule. With this factor in favor, it is important for the student to learn to manage their time.
A tip for students who want to successfully complete an online course is integrating it into their agenda, planning and organizing activities is key to dedicating time to our education.
• Rhythm of learning
The pace of learning is closely related to the flexibility of the schedule. This feature of online education allows the student to determine their learning strategy and how it will be implemented to get the most out of their education.
• The student as the center of the learning process
Asynchronous communication and the role of the student as the main person responsible for their learning are factors that motivate the search for their own sources of information.
What characterizes self-taught people is the constancy of everyday life, effort, motivation, restlessness, critical and analytical capacity and organization. To be self-taught, you must have a main objective that defines exactly what you want to achieve.
source information:
https://www.aeseducation.com/blog/online-learning-vs-distance-learning
https://www.researchgate.net/post/What_is_your_point_of_view_on_online_education_and_the_use_of_technologies_for_digital_degrees
Personally, I prefer self paced learning to traditional studies. However, I think that many students in general struggle with procrastination, including myself. This is a pretty great article related to procrastination and how to combat it: https://www.coursehero.com/college-life/procrastinate-neuroscience/
The most useful tip to come out of that article for me is to trick my mind into caring about my future self. It is much easier said than done, but it does work.
Anyway, I think we will begin seeing that shift to more online learning over the coming years. COVID-19 has forced the traditional education system to adapt. It is kind of bizarre how unprepared so many educators were. Thankfully, there are companies that are providing help during this time.