{"id":79,"date":"2020-05-07T09:51:05","date_gmt":"2020-05-07T13:51:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/online\/?page_id=79"},"modified":"2020-11-04T14:08:55","modified_gmt":"2020-11-04T19:08:55","slug":"resilience","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/online\/online-learning-resources\/resilience\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Cultivate Resilience While Learning Online"},"content":{"rendered":"

The American Psychological Association defines resilience as the process of adjusting well when faced with life’s challenges and stressors. It is the ability to \u201cbounce back\u201d from a difficult situation, where the person can experience profound personal growth [1]<\/a>. In general, students require some level of resilience to succeed while meeting responsibilities and challenges in their personal and academic lives. These responsibilities and challenges, in turn, strengthen students\u2019 resiliency [2]<\/a>. As for learning online, certain factors such as time management and social connection may be more challenging to students\u2019 resiliency [3]<\/a>. Here are some strategies to cultivate resilience:<\/p>\n

1. Maintain a positive perspective<\/h3>\n

Diverting the focus from distressing situations such as poor grades or missed assignments to how you can best prepare yourself for them to avoid the same result. It is a way to treat a setback as a chance to redeem yourself and your grade.<\/p>\n

2. Build stable social supports<\/h3>\n

Take advantage of discussion boards and journal reflections to make\u00a0genuine connections\u00a0with other students and instructors. Focus on building relationships that foster social support.<\/p>\n

3. Focus on your strengths<\/h3>\n

Identify and build your strengths. Resilience starts\u00a0with nurturing a positive view of yourself and your abilities. Focus on what you have accomplished rather than what you have not.<\/p>\n

4. Embrace change and flexibility<\/h3>\n

Change is inevitable. One simple step to resiliency is to accept that change does occur and that we can be flexible to adopt these changes.<\/p>\n

Additional resources:<\/h3>\n