RN-BA Degree Completion Program
Nursing Courses Online
Is Online Learning For You?
From Teaching and Learning at a Distance: Foundations of Distance
Education
By Simonson, Smaldino, Albright and Zvacek
The following are characteristics of successful online
students. This is not to say that students without these characteristics
cannot achieve in online courses, only that they would likely have to
work harder for success. Do you see these characteristics in yourself?
Would you:
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Be comfortable with learning and interacting with
others through technology?
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Be willing to interact effectively with peers and
engage in group processes?
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Have the ability to communicate effectively through
writing?
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Have the presence of mind to think ideas through before
responding?
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Be self-motivated and self-disciplined, and able to
structure and manage time effectively?
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Be goal-oriented?
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Have the ability to conduct self-study as necessary
and construct knowledge to fill in informational gaps that may occur
in an online lesson?
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Have the ability to commit the amount of time the
course requires?
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Be open-minded about sharing life, work and educational
experiences as part of the learning process?
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Be willing to take risks and be creative?
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Be willing to “speak up” if problems arise?
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Have the ability to focus and ignore distractions
in one’s own learning environment?
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Have a commitment to the belief that high quality
learning can take place in the absence of a traditional classroom?
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Be sufficiently flexible to accept teaching and learning
in a different context and have the ability to adapt to learning successfully
in an online environment?
