Saturday, October 17, 2009
Reflections on Online Course Work
I now have a new appreciation for participants in online courses and online professional development. It has taken my several weeks to discipline myself so that I don't procrastinate on assignments. I am having to spend a lot of time organizing the assignments so that I understand them. This is not because the instructions are not clear but because of my own unique learning style. I must re-organize in order to comprehend the assignment. Failure to do this leaves me overwhelmed and confused. I also have learned to dedicate more time to working on my assignments and having done so, find them much more rewarding and enjoyable. I feel confident that I will be able to write my three papers and create an interesting, informative presentation in the next few weeks.
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same here, i did well in previous online work, but it was at the masters level, and the material was already familiar to me, just a matter of formally taking the courses for credit, any insights you can share would be greatly appreciated, i've been using my treo to keep things organized, but i need to get myself in the habit of checking it too, not just entering everything then forgetting
ReplyDeleteI think the challenge is that the work seems so simple that the time required to complete it gets under-estimated. Time expended should range from 3-9 hours per week per 3-hour class, averaging about 6.
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