Friday, July 17, 2009
Keeping on Track
Novelist Amelia Barr said, "It is always the simple that produces the marvelous." I think this is a great description of what you are doing in your online classes. It's the simple things--being sure you check your email and your course site regularly, setting aside regular times each week to complete your assignments, keeping in contact with your professor or calling ELI when you need help--that will ensure that you succeed in your classes, in completing your degree, and ultimately, getting to the career and/or higher degree you are working toward. And reaching those big goals could certainly be described as marvelous! So, keep focused on the small things. What can you do today in your ELI classes to make sure you are staying on track for success?
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log into blackboard every day to make sure I'm pacing myself to get everything done
ReplyDeleteExcellent tip! Time management, making a study schedule and sticking to it are key to success--particularly with distance learning. More techniques for being a successful distance learner are available from ELI's online orientation: http://eli.nvcc.edu/orientation/being-successful.htm.
ReplyDeleteI print out the schedule of assignments for each of my classes on day 1 and pin them up by my computer. As I complete one, I check it off and move on to the next. I also add (if it's not already there) the due dates to the schedule so I don't get behind.
ReplyDeleteGreat idea. Thanks, Marcus!
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