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College & University InformationAvoiding The Distractions In Distance Learning
by:
Terry Lowery
In order to discover at house in a distance learning program we 1st must discover to avoid the distractions. They are the things that wish support us focused and driven on learning and perusing and if we don’t find a way to avoid or eliminate them we can find ourselves not accomplishing what we set out to do.
The 1st step to reducing distractions to our distance learning program is to identify them. They may include everything from our family and friends, tho'
we for certain don’t want to eliminate them, to noise from some
inside and outside our home. They may as well include the constant intrusion of the telephone or our cell phone to the master distracter, the television.
Once we have known
the sources of our distractions we can then develop a plan to deal with them. Like most things that need to change we need to go first. Start by developing a study plan and a timetable of hours that you wish devote to your distance learning program. Next determine which space in your house would-be be the better place to your studies and organize it so that it is comfortable, and hopefully separate from the rest of your home activities.
Then talk to your friends and family and proposal
them of your plan and timetable. Ask them for their cooperation during this period of time and to respect your need for time, space, and quiet to do your work. You may need to cue your kids that they need to support their music a little lower from time to time and to tell your friends to drop over for coffee at another time, after your studies are complete.
The next step is to reduce the noise level so that you can concentrate on your studies. Find a quiet place in your house so that you are not disturbed by the regular noise of your kids playing, the neighbors mowing the lawn, or folk having heated discussions or debates that sometimes grow loud with their arguments or laughter. Use headphones if you have to, but create that quiet space that wish help you learn.
Finally, turn off the outside world. Shut off your e-mail program and turn off your personal digital assistance and pager. Undo
the telephone to avoid interruptions. Last but not least, turn off the television, the master distracter. You can tape the latest episode of your favorite television show and watch it later, but don’t try and do both. One wish suffer and it all but always be your distance learning program.
Stay focused, stay motivated, reduce and eliminate distractions, and study hard. You wish have your online college degree in less time than you think.
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