3. Students who complete “success” courses are
more likely to persist.
Online students who do not receive necessary info
get frustrated and disappear
4. Test-taking/anxiety Note-taking Social Skills
Learning styles & Personality types Diversity
intelligences
Wellness & reducing Access to academic Working in
stress resources groups/teams
Setting goals Time management Tips for
remembering
Money management Reading for success Career planning
Plagiarism Academic policies & Student services
procedures
5. Test-taking anxiety
• Academic integrity
Note-taking
• Delicious.com
• MyNoteIt.com
• Ebook features
Social skills
• Making good first impressions
• The importance of listening
• Netiquette
• Getting to know your instructors and classmates
• Social networking
6. Learning styles & intelligences – how to
apply them in a less-dynamic setting
Personality types – how to apply them in a
less-dynamic setting
Diversity
• Being open-minded
Wellness & reducing stress
• Breathing exercises
• Exercises to do while working on the computer
Access to academic resources
• Online/campus
7. Working in groups/teams
• Being flexible
• Team leaders vs team members
• Collaboration software
Setting goals
Time management – balancing work, family,
& school
Tips for remembering
Money management
• Mint.com
Readingfor success – reading online vs
textbook
8. Career planning
• Career Services
• Flexibility
• Creating a portfolio
Plagiarism
• Wikipedia
• Intro to citing sources
Academic policies & procedures
• Online /campus
Student services
• Online/campus
9. Course navigation & terms
Textbook solutions
Basic technology skills
Expectations
Is online learning right for you?
10. Accessing various items in the classroom
• Assignments >> instructions and how to submit
• Lecture materials
• Handouts
• Quizzes
• Grade book
• Discussion area
• Syllabus & material requirements
Learning management system (LMS)
terminology
• Ex: Dropbox, Doc Sharing, Webliography, Discussion
Area, etc (eCollege)
12. Uploading/downloading files
Installing plug-ins (ex: Flash, Java, etc)
Saving files and creating folders
Perform basic internet searches
Sending/receiving emails with attachments
Basic web browser skills (ex: bookmarking)
Typing
Where to get support!!!
Having a backup plan!!!
13. Participation
Deadlines & late policy
What to expect from the instructor
• Contact info
• Level of participation
• Turn-around/response time
14. Student perceptions of online classes are
often inaccurate.
• Easier
• Less time
• Don’t need the book(s)/materials
• Only have to log in and post assignments
• No contact with instructor or classmates
Must have:
• Time management skills
• Ability to obtain material requirements
• Self-motivation
• Internal locus of control
15. Test-taking/anxiety Note-taking Social Skills
Learning styles & Personality types Diversity
intelligences
Wellness & reducing Access to academic Working in
stress resources groups/teams
Setting goals Time management Tips for remembering
Money management Reading for success Career planning
Plagiarism Academic policies & Student services
procedures
Course navigation & Textbook solutions* Basic technology
terms* skills*
Expectations* Is online learning right
for you?*
16. Who takes this course?
• Do they have any special needs that should be addressed?
Modality
• Online students have very similar yet very different needs
Demographics
• Non-traditional students?
• Displaced workers?
Reasons for taking online classes
• Work
• Family
• Distance
• Personal (ex: lack of social skills, etc)
Other topics that may be important for YOUR
students
17. Ask !
• Students
• Faculty
• SurveyMonkey.com
Look at persistence
• What’s going on with inactive students?