One of the challenges in an online MSN program is dealing with volumes of reading material. Online discussions need to be read, and numerous journal articles, and text book chapters all need to be read in order to learn in the online classroom. One time-saving way to deal with the reading is to prioritize what has to be done.
1) Reading assigned articles and text book chapters for the week should be done first.
2) Read any instructor posted information related to the week.
3) Read peer information in discussions to help you understand difficult areas of the course that week.
Sometimes reading the information aloud to yourself can help the auditory learner who finds themselves in an online program. By reading peer information in discussions, you can avoid redundancy in your own posts PLUS have course concepts explained (possibly better) in a different way compared to the assigned readings.
The key with getting through the readings is to look at the learning objectives for the week and the assignments for the week and focus reading efforts on those areas. Often times there is “nice to know information” and “need to know” information in the reading. Focus on the need to know information when reading by having assignments and discussion questions in front of you so that you can highlight or use a 2x2 post it note to annotate while you read. This way of annotation allows you to quickly go back to the “need to know” information when you sit down to do your assignments/discussions.
I hope this helps any online MSN students out there reading the blog…………..
Dr. Maggie
Dr. Maggie
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