From DSC:
I guess I’m in a reflective mood…but the posting entitled “5 questions to ask yourself before taking your first online class” got me to thinking about online learning and the students who succeed in learning via this approach.
If I were an employer, I would actively seek out those who have done a good deal of their schooling online. Why? Because such students have shown themselves to be:
- “Self starters” — independent, not needing too much attention
- Motivated
- Disciplined
- Hard-working
- Tech-savvy enough to work with some of the current tools being used out there
Students really need to have their act together in order to be successful in an online learning environment. That is not to say that face-to-face students don’t have their act together; but rather, to be successful online, you have to have your act together.
Also see:
- Online Higher Ed Poised to Break Out? — from The John William Pope Center by Duke Cheston
Innovative Western Governors University may hold the answers to the problems of distance learning.