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  Counselling learners There are various ways of measuring learners' progress. Whichever method you choose, you should take time out to counsel your learners. Counselling involves talking through their strengths and weaknesses. It is an interactive process in which they are able to say how they feel about their learning, the course, and their teacher. Why counselling is important Traditionally, learners take courses, tests are set and marks are given. This is a fairly linear process. Counselling allows assessment to become more dynamic and interactive. It also gives learners a sense of ownership over the assessment process. By giving learners the chance to open up and talk about the state of their learning, you help avoid sudden unexplained dropouts, who perhaps feel that the course has passed them by. It may highlight strengths and weaknesses in your own teaching, so it is a chance for you to obtain feedback as a teacher as well. Structure Counselling is not a matter of simply sit

How Big Data (Artificial Intelligence) Could Improve Your Next Therapy Session Why my experience in therapy and working at The Crisis Text Line has taught me to trust the ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (BIG DATA). Photo: Lucy Lambriex/Getty Images About eight months ago, I sat in a counselor’s office at my university and we closed the therapy session with her asking me how I was doing. “I’m doing a lot better,” I said. “Thanks for all the help you’ve been. It means a lot.” But in truth, I was lying. I was actually doing worse. Life had gotten harder and I was faced with unorthodox challenges and grief that inevitably made me barely able to sleep. I was drinking too much, taking out my anger on my friends, and behaving in a multitude of other self-destructive ways. I was more depressed than I was the first time I saw the counselor, but I didn’t want her to know it. I didn’t want her to see it as an affront to her competence or aptitude as a social worker.  The truth

       Learning online has particular challenges for students. It has been found in several studies that online courses differ from face-to-face ones in a number of aspects, so do the study techniques! Here is a list of practical advice for those students who target remarkable success in their studies. 1.      Know course/instructor expectations and the syllabus: Knowing what the instructor expects of you is especially important for an online course. You will need to read the syllabus carefully and keep up with course announcements. Examine every course you take, its goals, the syllabus, and try to understand what the course expects you to achieve and gain in terms of life skills. MAKE A LIST of these. 2.      Establish a Good Study Space   Find a quiet place with a good internet connection, access to power, and freedom from distraction. Ideally, this would be a place you can ONLY VISIT for the course-taking aim.   3.      Stay Organized with your lectur