Home learning courses 'should be relevant to learners' needs'

16:08 24th August 2011

Home learning via computer correspondence courses should be made relevant to students' needs, an expert has said.

David Patterson, project director at Learning Light, stressed that if a distance learning course is made highly appropriate to the needs of a learner, there will be less of a need to make the module significantly interactive.

He also maintained that a learner's approach to their own course is key, and urged them to maintain proper focus on their e-learning programme and shut down distractions such as email and Twitter.

"If a more formal course is to be taken - self-directed or part of a virtual classroom delivery - the learner should be encouraged to schedule the learning as part of their diary, as they would if in a classroom," Mr Patterson said.

Janet Garcia, director of Third Force UK, recently pointed out that visual learning is a great way to absorb information as part of a correspondence course.

Posted by Derek Oldman

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