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From classroom to home, how to enhance your online learning with AICM

Online courses offer a great opportunity for learners to experience a collaborative learning environment. Collaborative learning is an important way to help learners gain experience in interaction and develop important skills in critical thinking, self-reflection, and construction of knowledge which helps busy credit professionals.

In a collaborative learning environment, knowledge and understanding of the subject are shared and transmitted among learners as they work toward common learning goals or a solution to a problem. Learners gain interactive experiences as they participate in discussions, search for information, and exchange opinions.

A high-quality collaborative learning environment provides learners with opportunities to engage in interactive and collaborative activities and to get better learning outcomes including the development of higher-order thinking skills.

For those who find this challenging, here are some top tips and great features to assist you in a smooth transition to online education with AICM.

Plan your schedule

Planning is a great way to help you reinvigorate your motivation to study online. The best way to do this is to utilise an effective calendar system and create a study plan.

At the beginning of each week make a to-do list of everything you need to accomplish for the days ahead. Allocate time to each task and try to stick to this schedule. Not only will this implement self-discipline in your work, it will also allow you to prioritise your tasks in order of importance, an excellent skill to have when studying online.

Incorporating a consistent calendar into your learning habits is a great way to reduce anxiety within your studies, whilst improving your time management and organisational skills.

Review, revise and repeat

No one enjoys cramming a whole lot of work in one night, however it is a route most students take. Regularly revising sections within the course notes you have studied, will not only improve your memory,