Highly Effective Habits of Successful

Lifelong LearnersDeveloped by Julia Osteen

Adapted from

Lori Reed http://www.plcmc.org/public/learning/player.html and Shelley Paul http://voicethread.com/#q.b44099 with contributions

from Nadine Norris

What is Lifelong Learning? Wikipedia defines lifelong learning this way:

Lifelong learning is the concept that "It's never too soon or too late for learning“

The World Bank Group states that . . . A lifelong learning framework encompasses

learning throughout the life cycle, from birth to grave and in different learning environments, formal, non-formal and informal.  

The remainder of this slideshow will list some Highly Effective Habits of Successful Lifelong

Learners.

Lifelong Learning is Essential People who are

successful lifelong learners start with a belief that their participation in lifelong learning is an essential ingredient to living a fulfilled life.

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Begin with the End in Mind Successful lifelong

learners know where they are going. They have a goal and plan steps for how to achieve the goal.

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Accept Responsibility for Learning Successful lifelong

learners accept that they are responsible for their own learning. They do not expect or wait for others to provide learning experiences. They seek out learning.

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View Problems as Challenges Successful lifelong

learners expect that there will be hurdles and problems to face. They see these problems as challenges and opportunities for growth.

Confidence in Oneself as a Learner Successful lifelong

learners know that they can learn and be effective, competent learners. The realization that the key to learning comes from within themselves fosters this confidence.

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Create a Learning Toolbox Successful lifelong

learners know that they will need many tools to help them with their learning. These learners organize and categorize tools for easy retrieval when needed.

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Keep a Sense of Humor Laughter enables us

to reframe our worries and it has great capacity to help us reestablish a positive and healthy perspective. Successful lifelong learners know how to laugh at themselves. Photo by imranchaudhry

Source: Dr. Barry Bittman, http://www.healthy.net/scr/column.asp?Id=42

Accept Failure As A Way To Learn Successful lifelong

learners are not afraid to fail. They realize that failure’s role is to teach us. We learn more from our failures than we do our successes.

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Use Technology to an Advantage Successful lifelong

learners realize they can leverage technology tools to help them stay in touch with a personal learning network that will help them grow by both giving and receiving information and ideas.

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Teach/Mentor Others Some common

education statistics discuss the fact that we retain 90% of what we teach to others. Successful lifelong learners mentor/teach others and, in turn, learn more deeply the concepts taught.

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Play Successful lifelong

learners are not afraid to take risks and revel in the opportunity to play with a new concept or tool.

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