Take advantage of the office hours offered by your academic instructors. These hours are provided for your benefit. There is no better source of help or information about a class than the person who teaches it! Use the time to ask questions, seek clarification, or discuss your in-class performance.…
The most important concept I learned in this workshop is how to use the computer in networking with the professors, my syllabus, tutoring assistance and my peers. I learned how to find my assignments and visit the library.…
The most important concepts I learned in this workshop are learning how to navigate in the New Classroom. I now know how to retrieve and post assignments, discuss my concerns, and post assignments to my learning team. I also learned how to post private messages to my professor. I also know the difference between OLS and the New Classroom.…
Make yourself acquainted with all your class professors when the term begins. Learn how they can be contacted, their office location, and what their office hours are. Build a strong repertoire with them to achieve a better understanding if an issue like turning in something late or having something come up.…
One can still learn even if they do not take a part in the online discussion (Beaudoin 2002). Read-only participants: a case for student communication in online classes was done to show the other side of Beaudoin’s article, Learning or lurking? Tracking the “invisible” online student. Nagel, Blignaut, and Cronje wanted to show how successful students are when they take advantage with in an online community. In order for a student to be able to succeed in any online course, the student must contribute as often as possible.…
Week one was a little tense for me. But after meeting the instructor and my classmates in the class café’ I felt more at ease and ready start learning. Firstly, I learned to be an online student was going to require a lot of technologies I may not be familiar with. At that time, I was introduced to the good and bad sides of technology, such as going to school online or cyber bullying. Then, I came across relevant guidelines and documents, such as The Academic Writing Expectations Checklist; a checklist to ensure writing meets academic standards, and the Assignment and Discussion rubrics. Rubrics are requirements and principles used to mark work. Eventually, in the week one discussion, I realized that I need to be careful how I put words online. People have feelings, whether, good or bad. Be aware of what and how you write online (About us - Copy-Editing for Uni Students. (n.d.)). Stay conscious of how people perceive what you put online. Be kind, professional, objective, and sympathetic with views. More importantly, I acquired the knowledge of how imperative it is to have a printed emergency plan available, just in case of mechanical failure(John Rayworth: FLUTE List Assistant - Larry Krantz. (n.d.)). The paper includes a backup plan for your computer, phone numbers and email…
Novice members, like myself, can learn from advanced members and grow into full participating students by collaborating with one another more often, which is a huge component amongst teachers, because interaction influences learning. Peers grading peers work prevents lazy work and therefore more students put forth more effort and have higher quality posts. Students being transparent of personal reasons of why they are struggling or missing an assignment can foster camaraderie and support amongst one another thus influencing us all to stay motivated and persevere. Online learning is entertaining oneself by being actively involved and putting in quality work over quantity, and being open to constructive…
The University of Phoenix’s classes that I am taking are all online. I start by accessing the Internet and logging into my ecampus student home page. There I am able to access my classes and see all my needed tools listed under each class. One of the main items you have at the University of Phoenix is your participation grade. You earn that grade by completing discussion questions and participating in discussions in the electronic forum. The electronic forum consists of the Main forum, the Chat room and the Course Materials forum. In those forums you will find all of your discussions. The discussion topics are all threaded discussions so you are able to follow each topic easily. One of the things I like about the electronic forum, is that you receive feedback from not only your professors, but all so your peers. This feedback is helpful for me to learn about the others views as well as mistakes or corrections I need to make. With my busy schedule the part of the University of Phoenix that best suits me is that your course work falls under the Asynchronous communication model. This way I am able to complete my course work at anytime during the week no matter what part of the world I am in. It gives me the flexibility to be able to attend college unlike the traditional Synchronous communication style of schooling.…
It takes hard work and dedication to become a successful online student. Networking with other students that share the same common interest helps with staying motivated in the online classroom. GCU enriches a student’s life by providing the resources and contacts I need to stay motivated. Having access to the tools that I need to succeed helps me to stay determined to stay on track.…
Complete assignments/projects in a timely and successful manner. Learn effective collaboration methods for online learning. Meet at regularly scheduled times, weekly.…
As a feeling learner, I like to connect with my classmates. This is somewhat difficult while taking online classes due…
Hey Gaby, I just started my class online with the University of Phoenix, let me tell you a little bit about it because I know you were interested in going back to school as well. Online courses are also known as distance learning, which means that you are earning your education via online. Instead of being in a traditional classroom setting and having that face to face contact with your teacher, distance learning is student centered instructional format that allows you to take courses without having to commit to a regular campus attendance. I personally enjoy doing distance learning; so far I have been able to easily concentrate on my work. The reason why I chose to do distance learning is because I really have a hard time attending regular face to face classes due to my work schedule, very much similar to the situation you are in Gaby. Just like your goals I want to continue to pursue my degree further and I didn’t want to stop attending school so I chose this avenue. Distance learning is a field where instructional systems are designed to deliver education to students who are not able to physically be in classroom site. In my opinion I think you would enjoy distance learning and you would be able to focus a lot easier. I really enjoy doing it because I love working with computers, some people say that they do not like it but most people that I have spoken to say that they really enjoy it as well. You should really try it I truly recommend it; I was scared at first because I was concerned about having questions that I would like to ask my teacher in person and via online you do not have that opportunity. The method used to communicate with your professor and or classmates is through forums and thread discussions. In these forums and threads you post your questions and responses to other posts as well, somewhat like a live chat room. This is referred to as asynchronous communication; because you are not receiving feedback onsite like you would in a regular face…
1. Staying Motivated- being a student brings many challenges and being motivated is exceptionally hard when your teacher or lecturer is few 1000’s miles away. There is no doubt that the traditional classroom or lecture room has more of a filling to it. The face to face interaction can be what separates a specific student from graduating or continuing with his studies. Same goes for the interaction with fellow students where one’s social life many times depends on the environment he is in contact with. This situation can lead to filling Isolated and high level of self-motivation will come in very handy to get the student on course. [1] -understanding those facts is the best way of dealing with them, getting to know the fellow students is one way of getting motivated to learn. Using the interactive tools of the institution to communicate with your instructor can help as well…
We had been introduced to seminar sessions in our second week of starting the course, seminars were introduced. I enjoyed my first seminar more as I was allowed to express myself and the class was not too big. However, what we did in the first seminar was we got to know one another and different personalities of others. We had been given a blue book which had our seminar exercises and some notes for us to help us with our seminar exercises. We did a case study on understanding human behaviour followed with questions to ensure I was aware of what the topic was about and giving me a brief introduction of what seminars would be like and we also had to analyse a diagram on organisational behaviour which was pretty straight forward and we ended the first seminar with indulgency patterns to broaden our knowledge for human resources as the first seminar was a rather straight forward session.…
The person I am writing about is Emma Stone. Emma’s real name is Emily Jean “Emma” Stone, and was born on November 6, 1988 under the care of Jeff Stone and Krista Nee Yeager. She takes her career as a well known American Actress and Model; Emma made her money with taking an interest in Acting. Stone has played a role in many well-known Movies such as, The House Bunny, Ghost of Girlfriends Past, Zombieland, Marmaduke, Easy A, Friends with Benefits, Crazy Stupid Love, The Help, The Amazing Spider Man 1 and 2, Gangster Squad and The Croods.…