A.Keepupwiththeprogressofthecourse

B.Beabletocommunicatethroughwriting

C.Taketheprogramseriously

D.Acceptcriticalthinkingaspartofonlinelearning

E.Beopen-mindedaboutsharingexperiences

F.Bewillingto“speakup”ifproblemsarise

Onlinestudentsrequireuniquequalitiestobesuccessful.Thefollowinglistdiscussessomeidealqualitiesofsuccessfulonlinestudents.

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Manydifferentpeoplefindthattheonlinemethodrequiredthemtousetheirexperiencesandthatonlinelearningoffersthemaplacetocommunicatewitheachother.Thisforumforcommunicationremovesthevisualbarriersthathindersomestudentsfromexpressingthemselves.Inadditionstudentsaregiventimetoreflectontheinformationbeforereplying.Inthiswaystudentscanhelptokeeptheonlineenvironmentopenandfriendly.

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Inthevirtualclassroomnearlyallcommunicationiswrittensoitiscriticalthatstudentsfeelcomfortableexpressingthemselvesinwriting.Somestudentshavelimitedwritingabilitieswhichneedtobeimprovedbeforeoraspartoftheonlineexperience.Thisusuallyrequiresextracommitmentbythesestudents.

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Rememberthatinstructorscannotseetheirstudentsinanonlinecourse.Thismeansstudentsmustbeabsolutelyexplicitwiththeircommentsandrequests.Iftheyexperiencetechnicaldifficultiesorproblemsinunderstandingsomethingaboutthecoursetheymustlettheinstructorsorotheronlinestudentsknow;otherwisethereisnowayanyonecanknowsomethingiswrong.

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Onlinelearningisnoteasierthanstudyinregularclassrooms.Infactmanystudentssayitrequiresmuchmoretimeandeffort.Requirementsforonlinecoursesarenotlessthanthoseofanyqualityprogram.Successfulstudentshoweverseeonlinelearningasaconvenientwaytoreceivetheireducation—notaneasierway.Manyonlinestudentssitatcomputersforhoursatatimeduringeveningsandonweekendsinordertocompletetheirassignments.

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Onlinelearningisnormallyarrangedinthetimesequenceandrequiresdevotiononthestudents’part.Strictlyfollowingeachstepandcompletingallworkontimeisvital.