Skills and Support for Online Learning

How Does this Page Benefit You?

In this module, you will learn what it's like to be an online student. You'll also be introduced to the importance of support, both personal and academic. And, you will understand how to build your online learning and success skills. This module has been broken up into several parts. Feel free to take breaks and return to this module as many times as needed.

Module completion time: 40 minutes.

You Will Also:

- - - Learn more about the different skills needed to be a successful online learner.
    - Understand the importance of support and identify pathways individuals can create to create opportunities for online learning success.
    - Increase your knowledge of what it takes to be an online learner.

PART A: INTRODUCTION TO ONLINE LEARNING

Getting Started

Honolulu Community College offers a variety of Distance Education (DE) courses. All DE courses at HonCC are offered over the Internet. If you're interested in online learning and want to know the differences between online learning and a traditional classroom learning setting, check out our video below. Within this video, we introduce you to online learning at Honolulu Community College. We also show you the different expectations you will have as an online learner and help you better understand the skills needed to be successful while learning online. We hope this video helps to better familiarize you with learning online.

PART B: ORGANIZING FOR ONLINE SUCCESS

Getting Started

The further you progress in higher and continuing education, the more responsibility you will need to take for your own learning. You will begin to define and prioritize what you need to know, how you will learn it, and how you will assess your progress. Outside direction and measures of your learning will continue to be a part of your education, but these will serve more to guide and direct you in your exploration of knowledge.

PART C: STUDY SKILLS ONLINE

Getting Started

Staying organized is an important part of your success in an online course, so staying organized should be one of your first priorities. However, organizing for success is more than just getting organized. It's about knowing your studying habits, understanding your learning styles, and setting a course for successful practices as an online learner. From help with organization to study skills and more, check out the video below to learn helpful tips for online success.

PART D: COMMUNICATING ONLINE

Getting Started

Learning online requires a large amount of communication with the instructor and fellow students for assignments and class activities. Not having the ability to work with students in class, it’s easy to get isolated and feel lonely. Communicating with your instructor and classmates through email or other forms of communication can help you stay connected, and, most likely, give a richer, and more rewarding online learning experience.

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