Top Student Success Tips By Faculty

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One thing students can do to be successful
throughout the course is to try to help me

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understand what they’re doing.

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We’re not in the same room.

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So, if we were in the same room, I could watch
you and I could say, okay, right there, that’s

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where you’re getting of track.

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But since I can’t observe you, I like it when
my students can explain to me what they’re

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doing and we can go step-by-step so that I
can help them pinpoint where they are getting

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off track.

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Because if they are really stuck, chances
are it’s something about the process of doing

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the work that they’re just looking in the
wrong place or looking at the wrong thing

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and I can’t see that.

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So, they need to be prepared to describe to
me what it is they’re doing and when they’re

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getting stuck.

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I think one of the things students can do
most to be successful in my course is to not

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be afraid to reach out to their professor.

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Whether it’s through sending an email, calling
me, whatever the case is.

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Not being afraid to ask the question, especially
if they think the question is stupid is really

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important.

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There are no stupid questions, especially
in the online universe.

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So, don’t be afraid to reach out and find
me.

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You really need to treat it like it’s a job,
just like you would with any other type of

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class.

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And it’s really important because it’s very
easy to get distracted and make excuses and

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not sit down at your computer or even with
your handheld device or whatever it may be

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and do the work that needs to be done.

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So, you need to setup a schedule.

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That’s really the most important thing I find
for students to have a regular schedule.

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Set yourself a class time and do it and maybe
a couple times a week.

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One to review materials and listen to the
online lectures and then maybe another day

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or two where you set class time aside to actual
do the assignments and get your work done.

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When you look at strategies for success in
an online course, you have to consider your

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own responsibility as a learner.

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While your professor is there cheering you
on, you have a responsibility that you are

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aware of the assignment due dates and that
you take proactive action or actions to ensure

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that you submit your work on time.

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Because you want to ensure that you take time
to develop your responses to ensure that you

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submit the best possible work to your professor
at all times.

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I worry that students are afraid to reach
out to their professors and I find it very

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very important that they have that ease of
communication with us because inevitably we’re

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the ones that are going to help them.

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Now, in addition to this, I also like to keep
track of my students and seeing where student

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are in the course.

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If a student is having problems, I make an
effort to try to reach out to them and offer

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assistance and in any way possible try to
work with them to help them be successful

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in the course.