They are astonishingly attentive to everything we do, they can probably "read" human body language better than we can, and they are incredibly fast and flexible learners.
All levels of learner identified cultural factors, such as a strong teaching ethos with enjoyable and flexible, learner-centered teaching as core elements in creating a positive learning environment.
It would appear therefore, that online learning was useful not merely used as a means for transmitting information, but helping students to engage in flexible, learner-centred teaching which encouraged greater interaction amongst those undertaking the blended learning variant (Ellaway and Masters 2008).
The compendium experience was also intended to position game-based learning as the topic of open scholarly discourse, available for students, educators and practitioners alike, and where feedback and commentary is part of the participatory learning of online environments and in keeping with the flexible and learner-focused cognitive frame of #gbl.
Thus, we conclude with a call to rethink our online writing pedagogies to be more flexible to adult learner needs and learning styles, simultaneously recognizing the impact of adult online education on faculty workload.
Making the leap out of your comfort zone forces you to focus on what you can do rather than what you have done, says Mandell. "Cover the skills and experience you lack with qualities like being flexible, a fast learner, resourceful and meticulous at following directions".
At its best, online learning should be "flexible, engaging, and learner-centered"[ 15].
It provides a blueprint for its initiatives by focusing on specific themes such as flexible scheduling, a learner-centred, participatory approach and emphasis on the needs of girls and members of ethnic minority groups.
With a little adaptation, these are ideas which many of us would see as important in a more learner centric, flexible approach to teaching: an approach where we teach the pupils and students we work with, not the ring binder we're given.
Being flexible and a fast learner are also essential--without a business background, you need to have the ability to pick up the knowledge rapidly and be able to apply it in very dynamic situations.
All the Right Internal Moves For Jane Meronuck of St . Paul Minn., being flexible and a fast learner was what convinced her employer she was up to a higher-level job she didn't have the exact credentials for.
