The Ultimate Guide for a Architecture Students to Remain Focused on Online Study

With COVID-19 wreaking havoc in our lives, online education has been the norm over the past year. While teachers have been adapting to the new mode and innovating their methods of teaching, many students lack the required focus for online study. For a practical and intensive course like architecture, it becomes all the more challenging for both the teachers and students. While teachers strive to innovate their methods to impart the subject knowledge to surpass the obstacles for practical knowledge, architecture students might feel at a loss or lack of focus during the course of the study. To help the architecture students maintain their focus during the online study and not lose on their education, following is our 5-step guide to help them out –

Create a DEDICATED STUDY AND WORKSPACE

A concentrated or dedicated workspace is imperative when it comes to architecture studies. Online or offline, architecture students do require a dedicated space for themselves. With the online study, it is important to create a concentrated space for the student, wherein one should segregate the study area and work area. While the study area is important during class hours, having a workspace for preparing sheets and models helps in enhanced concentration levels. Better preparedness leads to better focus during and after the class.

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Keep Distractions at Bay

To remain focused the key is to avoid any distractions – games, television, Netflix, YouTube and other uncountable distractions. During the online studies, one of the major distractions could be a bed. Yes! You read that right!

Most of the students, instead of using a study table would prefer to listen to the professor from the comfort of their beds. What’s more! Online sessions do provide a lot of instances when such a probability exists and is being practiced. But, the downside of this arrangement of taking your online sessions is that students can easily slip into sleep while the class is still on.

Be sure to keep any sort of distractions including sleep at bay to be able to reap benefits out of your online study sessions. Remember that while you are at home, you still have to be competent in your studies to achieve your goals.

Also read, Ways To Become Topper For An Architecture Student!

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Feel as if you are in the Physical Class – Get Interactive!

The students should not dismiss the importance of online classes, rather the batch should try to create the feel of physical classes during the online sessions. This is important, as, at some point, the online sessions start to become monotonous. Not just for the students but the teachers as well. Monologues or a one-way route is not the best method of discourse. Therefore, the students should try to be as interactive as possible, like they would be in a physical class.

Don’t let the screens be a hurdle for your curiosity, doubts or learning!

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Keep the Materials, Tools and Stationery Ready

For an architecture student, the tools, materials and stationery are like oxygen. One just cannot do without them. So, to keep themselves focused during the online sessions the architecture students must keep all their paraphernalia according to the classes and activities ready. One should avoid avoiding online sessions or waste time on the plea of their missing or incomplete paraphernalia. If you have your paraphernalia intact, rest assured, you would be able to focus well on the online study with interest.

To know about the required tool, read 15 Must-Have Essential Tools for Architectural Students

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Take Onus for Yourself

No one in the world can guarantee your focus or achievements except for yourself. Once you have the onus to be focused to achieve your goals, you sure are not going to lose focus in any case – online/offline sessions. To that, you should make yourself accountable for the losses or gains you make out of your online study sessions. Once you are accountable to yourself, believe me, nothing can deter your focus in any situation. Being accountable for oneself is the biggest responsibility an architecture student can take up during these tough times to cope with the online sessions.

In the end, time is of the essence for students and one should make the best use of it!

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Bonus Tip –

Keep articles that motivate you in your study area. The articles can make you happy and motivate you when you lose focus or feel low. This is a personal choice and could range from posters to plants to artwork, anything that is close to your heart.

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These are testing times for everyone on all fronts – mentally, physically, financially and academically, yet all of us strive every day to fight the virus with all our strengths. To excel the architecture students need to put up an equal fight when it comes to classes over online platforms. The students along with the parents should consider the internet as a boon in such times that is helping students staying connected both socially and academically. With online study, students should take things in a positive stride. It enables everyone to save on any losses towards their education. To be able to reap fruitful benefits out of the online study, the key is to REMAIN FOCUSED. To help you in your endeavor and pass the challenge, our 5-step guide is sure going to help you during these tough times.

Besides, be positive, keep yourself motivated, practice mindfulness, stay FOCUSED, Mask up and stay safe!

Wishing you all the best with your on-line studies!

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