Certificate
Effective Learning Strategies
Using effective learning strategies improves your academic performance and recognises that academic success is important for employability, job security and career success.
Summary

This Certificate is about learning how to learn effectively during your formal education and throughout your life by using the seven (7) internationally recognised learning strategies. For many learners the major focus of education is on what to learn, it is learning based on the curriculum. Not a great deal of attention is paid to how to learn.Using recognised learning strategies will improve your exam results and you are much more employable if you have strong academic results.

"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever" - Mahatma Gandhi

The world is fast moving and becoming increasingly complicated. You must keep learning long after your formal education has finished so you can keep up to date. Organisations place a higher value on those people who can keep up to date with what is going on, particularly in their industry.In your post education environment understanding effective learning strategies will make your learning much more enjoyable and make you a more effective learner for life. By being an effective learner for life you will be much better placed to climb the ladder into more senior positions at your workplace.

Learning Outcomes

You will learn to understand and how to use proven strategies that will make you a more effective learner.

Realising that academic success is important for your employability and career progression will enable you to be self motivated to learn and get you through the tough times such as boredom and recovering from poor exam performance.

You will learn to be organised to do your study and to be prepared mentally and physically for your study time. You will understand the crucial role of reflection. To think about your learning in order to learn more and deepen your understanding.

You will learn to become an active learner and find value in participating with others in the learning process.Creativity will become part of your learning style.

You will associate new learning with things you already know which will enable you to strengthen understanding and improve memory.

You will understand deep learning which is a higher form of knowledge than just memorising facts.Today you need to keep learning long after your formal education is finished and you no longer have a teacher.

This Certificate will teach you to become an independent learner, taking responsibility for your own learning.

In this Certificate in Effective Learning Strategies you will learn key skills that will support your ability to get a job, maintain your job security and assist your career progression potential.

Video Summary

1. Introduction to learning strategies. The importance of learning strategies. Learning outcomes

2. Certificate content

3. Motivated and Effective learning

4. Reflective and Active learning

5. Creative and Deep learning

6. Independent learning

Multi-choice Assessment

When you have completed viewing the videos covering Effective Learning Strategies and passed the multi choice questions at the end of each video you will be eligible to download a digital certificate. This will confirm your participation in the learning and demonstrate to employers your initiative in developing this key workplace skill.

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