November 17th, 2009
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Online classes are offered in an accelerated format. You will be responsible for completing weekly assignments and participating in online threaded discussions. Online classes are not self-paced. There are established time lines for submitting assignments and for class participation.
In most cases, there are no established times during the week that you will have to be online. You will be given the “how” and the “what”, but the “when” will be up to you. You may find that 6:00 AM or 11:00 PM is the most convenient time for you to be online. Your ability to effectively organize your time will be crucial to your success.
Due to the flexibility and convenience of online learning, it is often easy to put off class work until the last minute. Self-motivation is key to staying current on assignments and completing class work in a timely manner. In an accelerated format, it is very difficult to catch up once you have fallen behind.
Not everything happens in life exactly how we picture that it will; in fact most things do not happen as we pictured them. Such is the complexity of life and our ability to enjoy it; if we are somehow able to go along for the ride and adjust accordingly than we may suffer far less disappointment. That does not mean, however, that it is necessary to simply give up our dreams. While dreams may be derailed at times, sometimes they are worth pursuing again in the future. Such is often the case with earning a college degree.
While some of us went straight to college and finished our degree in four years – even going on to earn graduate degrees – there are those of us who never made it and left school without earning their degree. Life circumstances may have been such that the pursuit of such a degree was a low priority in the face of other opportunities, financial hardships, or life changes. But for a great many students who left school without that degree in hand, the desire to achieve it never really goes away. And perhaps they revisit the idea somewhere down the road – for personal accomplishment, to further a career, or to begin a new profession.
What these students may find is that the opportunities for higher education have changed in the way of online degree programs offered for non-traditional students. In fact, many universities and colleges – bolstered by the availability and popularity of the Internet – offer online degree programs today, so that students can earn their degree without taking a leave of absence from their jobs – or their lives.
Online classes are offered in an accelerated format. You will be responsible for completing weekly assignments and participating in online threaded discussions. Online classes are not self-paced. There are established time lines for submitting assignments and for class participation.
In most cases, there are no established times during the week that you will have to be online. You will be given the “how” and the “what”, but the “when” will be up to you. You may find that 6:00 AM or 11:00 PM is the most convenient time for you to be online. Your ability to effectively organize your time will be crucial to your success.
Due to the flexibility and convenience of online learning, it is often easy to put off class work until the last minute. Self-motivation is key to staying current on assignments and completing class work in a timely manner. In an accelerated format, it is very difficult to catch up once you have fallen behind.