More on Life-Long Learning

In an article entitled Teaching Life-Long Skills from Techlearning.com (July 6, 2007) Jacob Nielson, an expert on the usability of the Internet, suggests that students need Life-Long Computer Skills:

• Ability to evaluate online information
  
• Techniques for dealing with information overload


• Ability to write hyper-linked online text
  
• Ability to create presentations (and avoid bad habits!)


• Abiility to understand workplace ergonomics


• Ability to debug, the logical process of tracking down errors


• Usability basics, for making informed decisions on a product's ease of use

#2 (WEEK 1) Lifelong Learning Habits

Learning is not a product of schooling but the lifelong attempt to acquire it ~ Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955) Physicist & Nobel Laureate

7 ½ Habits of Highly Successful Lifelong Learners

HABIT 1: Begin with the end in Mind (Have a goal)
HABIT 2: Except responsibility in your own learning
HABIT 3: View problems as challenges
HABIT 4: Have confidence in yourself as a competent, effective learner
HABIT 5: Create your own learning toolbox (Books, technology, classes, mentors, friends, web pages)
HABIT 6: Use technology to your advantage
HABIT 7: Teach and mentor others
HABIT 7 ½: P L A Y !

Learning Contract (with yourself): Outlines your goals and your plans to achieve those goals