One of the challenges in an online RN TO BSN 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 timesaving 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 RN TO BSN students out there reading the blog…………..
Dr. Maggie
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