Success in on-line learning / Candice Kramer.
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Table of Contents:
- Chapter 1 A World of Learning at Your Fingertips 4
- Universal Access to Lifelong Learning is at Hand 4
- Adult Learners Are Different Learners 10
- Learning Journal 13
- Section II Know Yourself
- Chapter 3 Is On-Line Learning for You? 23
- What Is Distance Learning? 23
- Determining your Potential 26
- Increasing Your Potential 30
- Determining Your Desire 31
- Motivation, Once Removed 34
- Fitting Learning into Your Life 36
- Chapter 4 Discovering Your Learning Style 39
- How You Learn Can Determine What You Learn 40
- Learning Theories 43
- Strategies Effective Teachers Use 50
- Chapter 5 Of Course You are Self-Reliant ... Right? 55
- What It Means to Be Self-Reliant 56
- Learning How to Learn 57
- Are You a Self-Reliant Learner? 60
- Learner Profiles 60
- Chapter 6 Technical Connection
- Requirements and Skills for Distance Learning 68
- Basic Technical Requirements 68
- Getting the Technology You Need 69
- Getting Ready to Surf the Learning Wave 72
- How Searching the 'Net Works 73
- Searching for Learning 74
- Bookmarks and Favorites 77
- Section III Know the Possibilities
- Chapter 7 Questions Distance Learners Should Ask 85
- Other Questions You May Want to Ask 91
- What You Want to Know 96
- Accreditation and Diploma Mills 96
- Chapter 8 Never Been to College? Questions for First-Timers 104
- About Degrees and Requirements 104
- If You Are Returning to College 111
- Chapter 9 Credit Where Credit is Due
- The Experiential Learning Process 117
- Credit from Standardized Tests 119
- Team-evaluated Training 120
- Course Challenges 121
- Experiential Portfolio Evaluations 121
- Self-Assessment Questions for Prior Learning Credit 127
- Assessment Questions for Educational Providers 129
- Chapter 10 Financing Your Learning Journey 133
- Costs of Learning 133
- Grants and Loans 134
- Devise a Payment Strategy 137
- Chapter 11 Choosing an Educational Provider 139
- On-line and Print-based Directories 140
- Learning Portals 141
- Search Engines and Communities 141
- Go to the Source 142
- Section IV Get It Done
- Managing the Educational Project
- Preview 148
- Chapter 12 Setting and Achieving Goals 149
- Know What Your Goal Is 149
- Goals Are Shaped by Values 151
- Check Your Learning Goal against Your Values 154
- Eliminate Barriers to Achievement 155
- Planning to Achieve 157
- Commit to Your Goals 158
- Manage Time to Meet Your Goals 158
- Share Your Goals 164
- Achievement Requires Motivation 167
- Chapter 13 Learning to Study and Studying to Learn 169
- Prepare to Study 169
- Remember What You Read 170
- Learning Journal 171
- Adopt a 'Study Mentality' for Success 171
- Have a Study Plan 173
- Schedule Studying for Learning Effectiveness 174
- Make Note Taking Work for You 175
- Chapter 14 Researching and Writing the Research Paper 180
- What a Research Paper Is NOT 181
- What a Research Paper IS 181
- Where to Find Information 182
- Research Paper Process 184
- Fuss about Plagiarism 188
- Chapter 15 On-Line Listening and the Educational Community 191
- Critical Listening Defined 191
- Listening Skills for On-line Study 192
- Interaction = Learning 197
- Technology for Interaction and Education 197
- Chapter 16 Expecting and Dealing with Changes 205
- Changes to Watch For 205
- Staying Motivated for the Long Haul 208
- Celebrating Your Achievement 212
- Update Your Profile 215
- Renew Your Networks 215
- Chapter 18 A Look Into the Future 222
- Future of Learning on the 'Net 222
- Your Future Learning 225.