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Online Classes - Online Success Tips
- Take the course and yourself seriously.
- Elicit the support of your colleagues, family and friends before you begin your online adventure. This built-in support system will help during those times you have to sit at your computer for hours at a stretch in the evenings and on weekends. When most people are off work and want to relax is most likely when you will be sitting down to focus on your online course. Surrounding yourself with people who understand and respect what you are trying to do is very important.
- Have a quiet space where you can study.
- Your own space where you can shut the door and be uninterrupted is preferable. If this is not possible, ask those around you to consider you in class and unavailable.
- Participate.
- Taking the time to participate and interact online is vital. Your instructor is not the only source of information in your course – you can gain great insight from your peers and they can learn from you as well.
- Take advantage of online discussions.
- Participating in online discussions in courses will give you access to other students who are taking the same course and allow you to feel less isolated in the course.
- Log in to the course website frequently.
- Logging into the course frequently will help keep you up-to-date on discussions and email interactions in the course. If you let too many days go by without logging on to your course, you may get behind and find it difficult to catch up.
- Be polite and respectful.
- A productive and supportive online environment requires students and instructors to interact in a polite and respectful manner.
- Apply what you learn.
- Make a continuous effort to apply what you have learned in the course to real-world situations. This real-world application of knowledge will assist you in retaining the knowledge for future use.
