{"id":260,"date":"2020-04-30T16:19:23","date_gmt":"2020-04-30T16:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/academicskills\/?p=260"},"modified":"2021-02-04T15:54:28","modified_gmt":"2021-02-04T15:54:28","slug":"active-independent-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/academicskills\/2020\/04\/30\/active-independent-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"Active Independent Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Learning remotely and online can present new challenges, or just put a strain on your existing learning strategies. You might be finding that you\u2019re being provided with a lot of learning materials such as powerpoint slides, video, readings or handouts. What do you do with all this material, and how can you make sure you\u2019re learning effectively rather than just staring at your screen, with nothing really going in?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Listen to Helen, one of our tutors, suggesting a few strategies to ensure that you\u2019re actively engaging with learning materials and getting the most out of them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/academicskills\/files\/2020\/04\/AABE5DB6-9DC9-4613-B07D-7096DBD8BE04-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"Dr Helen Webster, WDC\" class=\"wp-image-267\" width=\"192\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/academicskills\/files\/2020\/04\/AABE5DB6-9DC9-4613-B07D-7096DBD8BE04-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/academicskills\/files\/2020\/04\/AABE5DB6-9DC9-4613-B07D-7096DBD8BE04-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 192px) 100vw, 192px\" \/><figcaption>Dr Helen Webster, WDC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Independent active learning by NCL_WDC\" width=\"584\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F810585949&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=876&#038;maxwidth=584\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learning remotely and online can present new challenges, or just put a strain on your existing learning strategies. You might be finding that you\u2019re being provided with a lot of learning materials such as powerpoint slides, video, readings or handouts. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/academicskills\/2020\/04\/30\/active-independent-learning\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5874,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-learning-effectively","category-resources"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/academicskills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/academicskills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/academicskills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/academicskills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5874"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/academicskills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=260"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/academicskills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":268,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/academicskills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260\/revisions\/268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/academicskills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/academicskills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/academicskills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}