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    What’s your secret sauce for staying engaged in an online course? 📚💻

    Ghulam Abbas
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    Create conversational courses that actually get completed! Sutra is a new approach to online learning that that lets anyone create self paced, conversational courses that generate higher engagement, completion, and peer to peer connection using AI facilitation.

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    Micha Cassola
    The problem is that it depends on a few factors. Your ability to emerse yourself by taking and reserving the time and being able to focus. The quality of the course. If the course is wasting too much time on things that are already clear or is too difficult and doesn't explain enough you will quit for good reason. For me it is always about learning what I need. I don't usually take all of an online course where I can watch anything at any time. I find that effective and don't mind not finishing everything of that course. That's why I prefer cheaper prerecorded video courses where they make money with having a lot of students. This way I can ditch the course and not have wasted too much money or just pick the knowledge and skills I need.
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    Ghulam Abbas
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    Launching soon!
    @michacassola You make some great points! The ability to immerse yourself and stay focused is crucial, and the quality of the course content plays a huge role in keeping that motivation alive. It's smart to approach learning with flexibility, picking up just what you need rather than feeling pressured to complete every part of a course. The option to do this with affordable, pre-recorded content certainly adds value. Thanks for sharing your insights!
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    Jaxon Smith
    If you find any, do share with me, because I have always struggled with this, i once completed a 3month course in six month due to not taking classes for some days.
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    Ghulam Abbas
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    Launching soon!
    @jaxon_smith3 We hear you! It can be challenging to stay consistent with online courses. That’s one reason why we created Sutra, to help learners stay engaged and complete courses at their own pace. Thanks for sharing your experience!
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    Natasha Sell
    Sutra
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    @jaxon_smith3 hey I'm one of the founders behind Sutra and this is exactly the problem we're solving for. Curious what you think about our launch today which is all about conversational learning experiences, which from what we've seen so far exponentially increases completion and engagement https://www.producthunt.com/post...
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    Tim Hillison
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    Hey @abbas143official Definitely chunking it. I find that my mind can wander during online classes after a day of work. Becoming familiar with the syllabus and objectives, then scheduling 1 or 2 modules to nail. Focuses my learning and productivity.
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    Natasha Sell
    Sutra
    Sutra
    @tim_ep1 as an educational consultant I tell all our participants to do this. Blocking time in our calendar is really important, otherwise it will just hang over you and never get done.
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    YanXu
    I think you can set up a stage node for the course, in which you set up some links to summarize what you've learned at this stage, and if the user completes it well then they'll get some points, and if they complete it poorly they can let the user choose whether or not they want to re-learn it.
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    Amelia Rose Thornton
    I've found a few things help me stay engaged in online courses: 1) Scheduling set times each week to work on it so it becomes a routine. 2) Finding an accountability buddy also taking the course to check in with regularly. 3) Thinking about how I'll apply what I'm learning to real projects. The conversational format of Sutra courses definitely helps too - feels more interactive and keeps me motivated to keep progressing!
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