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Prospective Distance Education Students
As you see from the distance education home page, Clarion University offers a variety of distance education courses and programs from which to choose, whether you just need to pick up some summer or winter intersession credits or want to complete a degree.
The program links on the home page provide you with details on the specific programs including admission requirements, the courses required, and other information.
Distance education students are admitted to the University in the same manner as on-campus students. Just indicate in your application that you are planning to be a distance education student.
What You Should Know About On-line Learning
Online learning is a different experience from traditional face-to-face instruction, not a substitute for it. The Internet is your classroom. Online learning can take place anywhere as long as you, the learner, have access to a computer connected to the Internet. Most online instruction consists of a combination of course content published on the Internet (which may include text, audio and video streams), student-teacher, or student-student interaction through communication tools (email, discussion forums, or chat rooms) or group work, student activities, a text book, supplementary readings, assignments, quizzes or tests. It may be synchronous (all students online at the same time) or asynchronous (not online at the same time). You learn on your schedule, at your own pace and time, within the given deadlines of the course. Most courses will have timelines with a fair amount of flexibility built into them but you are responsible to meet the deadlines the instructor establishes. The instructor's role is to guide you through the course, respond to your emails, facilitate an online discussion, provide support, and evaluate your progress.
For more helpful hints on being a successful on-line student
What Makes a Successful Online Student?
Is Online Learning Right for me?
That depends. Students who are most successful are self-motivated, have clear goals, have set aside appropriate time, and have a reasonable knowledge of how to operate a computer and navigate the Internet. Many institutions have a self-assessment tool on their site help you gauge your likeliness of success studying online.
Here are some links to help you make an assessment to determine if on-line learning is for you. CAUTION: in taking a self-assessment, remember it will only to give you a general sense of how prepared you are for taking an on-line class. A lower score should not stop you from taking an online class. The most important thing to remember is that online learning requires a commitment and effort on your part. Your success is directly related to the effort you put into it!
Take one of these online quizzes to find out if online learning is right for you:
http://www.waol.org/getstarted/IsOnline4Me.asp
http://www.marylandonline.org/assessments/online_learning_for_me
http://www.cvc4.org/student_prepare/survey1.asp
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