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[L206]Learning Is A Process

by Kevin Eikenberry, Kev

It's part of my personal philosophy, and it's part of my business philosophy.

Let me explain…

People around the world (you included) buy learning materials, books, audio programs, webinars, tele-seminars and attend lectures and workshops every day. These learning options exist whether you want to learn about leadership, leopards, or being a lifeguard.

Companies and organizations everywhere organize and fill workshops and classes continually, because they want to invest in their employees' and team members' education and learning.

All of these activities make sense; we want to be able to learn or do more, and our life experience says that a classroom (i.e. school) or reading (i.e. books, etc.) are the ways to learn something new.

Unfortunately a large percentage of these investments of time, money and effort in these courses, books and programs are wasted. Books don't get opened, tele-seminars aren't attended, workshops are forgotten and much more. It isn't really the fault of the author, instructional designer or trainer for these problems. While there are things that these people can do to improve the results gained from their products, in the end it isn't their responsibility.

It is the learner's responsibility.

That means it is our responsibility.

And as long as we carry an “event” mindset, we won't get the results we hope for. Because learning is a process, but all of the programs, classes and books are just events; and we don't learn in a lasting way from an event.

In order for us to get value from the books, audios, classes, courses and workshops, we must take action. We must try what we learned, see what happened, tweak it, and try again. In other words we must do for learning anything new, what has always worked for us. Think about it – you didn't learn how to ride a bicycle until you put your butt in the seat and a foot on the peddle.

At first, when you got on the bike, you made mistakes and fell down (and scraped your knee and depending on who was watching wounded your pride). Yet you got back up, tried again and learned how to ride.

To learn the things you want to learn now, you must get a little dirty, expose yourself (and your image), and try it. Once you have those lessons, you can improve and adjust until you get the results you desire.

Here then is the magic pill that you have been looking for ever since you grew up and forgot about the lesson of the bicycle: Make your learning a process.

Consider books, courses, audio programs all a part of your grander learning process. Commit to finding ways to practice what you are learning, and to finding ways to receive feedback (from yourself and/or others) about your progress.

When you place all of these wonderful learning tools in perspective, they can have a tremendous positive impact for you and your results, but only when they are seen as a piece of your personal learning puzzle, rather than the moment in time where things will change for you.

This information is important for you as an individual, but it is important for you to remember as a leader as well. If you want to help develop those you lead, you must help them create a learning process, rather than simply signing them up for the next corporate course. Leaders can help create a process (holding them accountable, asking for their learning goals, giving them feedback, as examples), or invest in learning opportunities that include a process.

If you are in a career that is limiting because of the educational qualifications you have, you can make a change by taking up a distance learning program. A distance learning program affords you the opportunity to further your educational status and increase your chances for a promotion at your job place.

Instructional television can be set up in such a way that the students of the class actually feel as though they are in a classroom. Some instructional media have the capability to simulate a real classroom setting. Always select distance learning media you know that you are comfortable with before you commit to the program.

If you want to avoid fraud in your search for an online distance degree institution, it's not enough if it has an email address. You should ensure that any online college that you have applied to has a physical address and a phone number that works. Bear in mind that a post office address is not an indication that an online college is genuine.

Whilst several schools offer distance learning on the Internet, not all are genuine. Many are in fact scams to get your money. Your safest bet is to stick with schools that have already been established over time so you know that the degree you are getting is for real.

Today, America has more than three million students studying distance learning courses online. They register and pay through the Internet, and then they correspond in like manner. Back before the Internet came, there were indeed people who did distance education, but it was nowhere near this convenient.

Although distance learning has tackled a lot of problems in its long history, there is one problem that it is not going to deal with too soon. This is the issue of examination malpractices, or simply, writing tests under controlled conditions. There is no easy way to guarantee that, so the schools and colleges play by ear as each year and each program comes.

You need to know that distance learning is effected through several media. If you are interested in online distance learning, you will need to have a computer and Internet connection. With these you can get involved, regardless of where you are physically located.

A lot of audio and video cassettes have been used in the past. One daunting fact that limited them was their cost and bulk. Electronic technology has PDAs, mp3 players, etc., today that continue to proliferate distance learning in a way that is bigger than what used to avail through the course of the three centuries the practice has been on. Everybody can now do distance learning without breaking their backs.

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