Book description
The Savvy Student’s Guide to Online Learning prepares students of all kinds for contemporary online learning. While technologies and formats vary, this book serves as an authoritative resource for any student enrolling in an online degree program or taking an online course.
Topics covered include:
• How to become a great online student
• Creating an online presence
• Interaction and communication techniques
• Online group projects and individual work
• Technological requirements and how to get technical support
• Online classroom "netiquette" and time management
The authors, both experts in online education, introduce the information and skills required of successful online students to navigate this new learning landscape with confidence. A highly useful companion website provides video presentations that explain the different types of online learning as well as a real online course with activities for students to practice and interact with other learners around the world.
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Getting a Strong Start Online
- 2 Your Online Learning Toolkit
- 3 The Digital You
- 4 Getting to Know Your Faculty and Peers
- 5 Participating in Your Online Course
- 6 Working in Teams
- 7 Individual Work
- 8 Evaluating Performance
- 9 Being a Great Online Student
- Appendix A: Are You Ready To Take an Online Course?
- Appendix B: When Technology Fails
- Bibliography
- Index
Product information
- Title: The Savvy Student's Guide to Online Learning
- Author(s):
- Release date: July 2013
- Publisher(s): Routledge
- ISBN: 9781135136666
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