Virtual Learner Profile

Please critique your skills, abilities, and motivation for seeking out online learning. The following are a collection of characteristics that will help you to determine if you share similar traits of successful online learners.

Are you:

• Good at typing/keyboarding?
• Self-motivated and self-disciplined?
• Aware that online education is time consuming?
• Aware that online learning gets easier after you get used to it?
• Able to "see the big picture" and breakdown your work accordingly?

Can you:

• Work from written directions?
• Communicate well through writing?
• Think ideas through before you write/respond?
• Learn without the face-to-face interactions found in traditional classrooms?
• Accept critical thinking and decision making as part of the learning process?

Do you:

• Complete assignments on time?
• Set goals and take responsibility
• Have a learning style that is conducive to online learning
• Know your technical skills and technical limitations.

Will you:

• Participate regularly?
• Apply what you learn?
• Log on to your course every day?
• Set aside a workspace to aid in studying.
• Speak up immediately if you have having problems.
• Print up lectures and reading materials when necessary?
• Have patience and back up plans in case of technical difficulties?