LSS 5100-14B-1A15-S5: Learning Strategies for Success in Graduate Programs

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LSS 5100-14B-1A15-S5: Learning Strategies for Success in Graduate Programs

The three fundamental elements of online education include effective communication, time management, and organization. Proper utilization of these three elements helps students have a successful online learning experience as well as set them on the path to successful careers.

First, Effective communication among online students involves communicating on time and at the right time with professors, tutors, colleagues and other relevant persons. For instance, these people have other commitments and may not be available throughout the day. Therefore, effective communication requires that online student know the best communication channel to use when communicating with professors, lecturers, tutors and colleagues. Similarly, they must know the right time to communicate with these people so that they receive timely feedback or what they require.

Second, online students do not attend physical classes thus many people believe that they have extra time to study. However, most online students are employed and have families as well as social life. Accordingly, balancing these three aspects of their lives become a daunting task that condemns most of them to poor grades, retakes and supplementary papers. For example, self-directed study is challenging since many believe that they can spare a day, week, or month to ‘make up' for the lost or wasted time. Therefore, it is critical to have effective time management skills to balance their work, families and social activities. Effective time management skills enable online students to set aside sufficient study-time and effectively distribute the course uniformly, on a daily basis. For example, they will keep