1.1. 1. Think of learning and seminars as an active part of your education!
1.2. 2. This means participating whenever it is an option. Participating allows the learner to physically get involved in what they're being asked to do which helps to ensure understanding.
2. Study the right way!
2.1. 1. Use a quiet room.
2.2. 2. Use technology to repeat things back to you, or make podcasts that you can listen to while you are doing other things. You may not realize it, but auditory stimulus is easily remembered too!
2.3. 3. Take pictures to help study different visual presentations that are discussed. This is an easy way to recall certain steps that may require a specific method.
3. The use of technology for adult learners
3.1. 1. Adults learn differently than people of the younger generations.
3.2. 2. It is important to realize that not all adults will have the same technological capabilities as those of the generation of technology.
3.3. 3. Make sure to make technology that is needed for adult learner's education is easily accessible and maneuverable. Such as applications for the use of playback materials from lectures as opposed to full-blown programs that can annotate word-for-word lectures on documents for later use which would be more complex.
4. The boundaries of digital tools
4.1. 1. Plagiarism, it's important to be able to use digital tools and still be able to give credit where credit is due.
4.2. 2. Plagiarism is a simple concept, it is the using of someone else's work while playing it off as being your own. This goes against what we've been taught growing up, it also goes against what we learn in the APUS handbook.
5. Take effective notes
5.1. 1. However you decided to take notes, stick to it. Don't jumble around and do multiple forms of taking notes.
5.2. 2. Utilize Notepad and Word, software that is already on your computer to help organize your notes. This means you can hand write them, then scan them to yourself to help read them on the go!
5.3. 3. Find a way to take notes that helps you remember. There are multiple; short hand, verbatim, flash cards, quiz buddies, etc. Whichever works.
6. Learn what is noteworthy
6.1. 1. Big task, don't write everything down verbatim (aside from the very few learners who remember best this way).
6.2. 2. Learn how to highlight key points.
6.3. 3. Write down enough information about these key points to remember what they're about when you study them. For example, don't write down "Know the distance formula for quiz" and then not write down the actual distance formula.
7. The use of technology for younger learners
7.1. 1. Let's face it, younger learners are more susceptible to use technology to help guide them in their learning experience.
7.2. 2. Younger learners may use digital tools more promptly than those who have not been experienced to the wonders of technology throughout their current education.
7.3. 3. Such technologies as word documents, writing lecture notes on there as opposed to hand-writing can help for the learner to keep up with the pace of their professor better than hand-writing everything even though hand-writing has been proven to be more effective for the learning experience.
8. The correct use of materials
8.1. 1. It's easy to avoid plagiarism, you simply have to site your sources.
8.2. 2. You must state where you got your sources, so that anyone who reads your materials knows that the ideas and concepts you have in your work are your own and other people's, and they can accurately identify who's knowledge belongs to who.
8.3. 3. My sources are sited in the comments section of the main bubble in this presentation.
