Are You Ready for Online Learning?

To be successful with online learning, you need to be a motivated, self-disciplined, independent learner who excels in time management and meeting deadlines. You must also be comfortable using computers, creating documents, and navigating the Internet.

To determine if you would be a successful online student, answer the questionnaire Is Online Learning for Me? Feedback based on your answers will guide you in making a decision about whether or not online learning is a good match for you.

Other skills and qualities you should have to be successful in an online course include:

Aptitude

• Comfortable in a self-learning environment
• Strong time management skills. You should be able to schedule your time effectively and to stay on task to complete assignments outside of class.
• Self-discipline and self-reliance
• Able to read and follow written instructions

Computer Skills

• Locate a file on a hard drive, diskette and/or server
• Save a file to a specific drive and folder
• Delete a file
• Navigate between two or more applications without closing and re-opening any applications
• Upload and download files

Email Skills

• Send an email message
• Open an email message
• Forward an email message
• Save a message to a specific folder
• Paste text from a word processor into an email message
• Send an attachment
• Open and/or save an attachment

Web Browser Skills

• Go to a specific URL (Web page)
• Print a page
• Follow a link
• Conduct a basic search using a search engine
• Go back to a previous page

Word Processor Skills

• Open a new document
• Open an existing document
• Save a document
• Cut text
• Paste text
• Format text
• Print a document