How to be successful in the Online Classroom

Online classrooms are becoming more of a trend and a way of learning as the future nears. Technology if taking over our lives and world and we are becoming more reliant on it. Almost ever college and university now offers online classes for their students, such as the class we are currently taking at Sheridan College: Identity, status, power, issues in social media. There are certain characteristics and strengths that the online learner must endur, including being a self-started. The online learner must be able to organize themself and keep on top of their assignments because they don't meet in a classroom each week with their professor. Good time management is a key skill to have to be successful in any sort of learning especially learning taking place over the internet. Any online learner must have a secure and dependant internet connection (and coffee shops and libraries won't be suitable as signing in frequently to your class will be required each week). An online learner must acquire the initiative to ask questions if there is something that they do not understand in their learning. Online learning is pretty much self-teaching, it requires dedication to your course and the ability to get and stay organized in order to be successful. This is my 4th online class and I deinitely find it enjoyable because I am a self-learner, meaning I learn best by trying to figure things out by myself rather than having my professor stand in front of me and give me all of the information.

I found this link from iseek education titled "What Makes a Successful Online Learner?" to be an informative resource of what skills an online learner must posess. It breaks down the key requirements an individual must have and gives an explanation why these skills and characteristics are useful. http://www.iseek.org/education/successonline.html