Each day you’ll log into Blackboard, an online learning platform, as well as access your most recent lecture, discussion threads, as well as assignments. While we recommend you access Blackboard from a computer, an app is available to alert you to new assignments as well as more on your mobile device. This makes it easy as well as convenient to check in each day.
Most of the online tests are housed straight on Blackboard. They can take several formats, including open-book tests, simulation activities, as well as multiple-choice tests that are automatically graded as you take them. Other exams might take the form of a PDF, which you’ll be expected to fill out as well as upload back into Blackboard.
Whether the class is on the quarter or semester system, it’s easy to calculate an estimate of how many hours of work per week a class will require between lectures, homework as well as studying. One credit translates to one hour of lecture or classwork.
Pros of working with Online Education
Online Classes Are Flexible
Not only have you saved hours by not having to travel to a physical location to take a class, but with online courses, you have greater flexibility in choosing the best time to study. You may not be able to find a face-to-face instructor to teach you Spanish online at 3 am, but your options are infinitely greater online. Online courses ultimately enable you to achieve your professional as well as educational goals in a manner that fits your schedule.
Online Classes Are More Affordable
The major advantages of online classes center around the tremendous amount of savings for the learning institution, which no longer has to rely on reserving a physical location to teach courses. This ultimately translates into more cost-effective classes for the student. Having to show up at a physical classroom location increases your expenditures as a student quickly. In addition to saving on the basics like books as well as supplies when you take classes online, you also save money on lunch as well as travel costs
Cons of working with Online Education
Digital inequity:
God knows, Zoom is not perfect. The sound can be terrible, as well as there are serious privacy issues. But for all its problems, Zoom helps restore the “human connections” missing from virtual classes, which is why several students said that everyone’s camera should be on during the session. The point is not just to hear, but to see each other.
Decreased engagement:
Many students struggle with the lack of face-to-face interaction with their teachers as well as peers during online learning. Teachers may not be able to tell which students are on task as well as which students need more support. Disengaged students may not participate in class discussions online, as well as if a whole class is disengaged, that makes for one quiet, unproductive class meeting.
To sum it up
A dedicated Student Support team often forms the core of online institutions’ student support functions. The sole responsibility of this team is to provide pastoral care as well as support. Online (as well as part-time) students can experience problems as well as issues that are unique to this mode of study, as well as this student support team of any online learning institution, will be experienced as well as sympathetic to the range of issues experienced by online learners.
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