Web-Enhanced Listening & Viewing Strategies

This weeks learning guide focuses on introducing and developing skills that are very important when it comes to listening, viewing, and learning academic material online. The module presents helpful note-taking strategies that can improve the quality of both online and in-class learning. In addition, it presents techniques and tips to help increase comprehension when listening to online academic content. Also, it illustrate how beneficial online podcasts are for students.

Some of the most important tips mentioned about note taking is that students should have their notes organized and sort them by topic/class so that they can be easily traced back to the material. Students often take notes on random pieces of paper and end up loosing them, or not know what class and topic they relate to which can be a huge wast of time and effort when students need to study for exams. In addition, when taking notes, students should focus on writing down the important points mentioned instead of trying to write everything dow. Finally, it is very useful for students to use note-taking template to help in organizing the structure of their notes.

In addition to trying to develop excellent note taking skills, students should also focus on their listening skills as well. Thinking about the topic in advance and paying attention to the main points and recording them helps the student to develop a better, deeper understanding about the topic instead of just writing everything down without thinking and trying to memories it later.

Finally, the learning guide lists multiple benefits students can gain by using online Podcasts. The fact that they are available anytime and almost anywhere provides students with the opportunity to learn whenever and wherever they want. In addition, students can view, pause, and rewind the Podcast as many times as needed to fully learn the material. This flexibility is what distinguish Podcasts from traditional class room lectures.