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Answers to Frequently Asked Questions about Online Courses
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Welcome to this course
• Online Teaching Institute – Spring 2010• Meets Fridays 9-noon beginning February 4th
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Question: Is an online class the same as a self-paced class?
Answer: NO
• Most online classes are NOT self-paced.• Usually homework, other activities, and online class
participation must be completed by deadlines.• Many instructors set the deadline for midnight on
Saturday to assist those who work Monday – Friday. • Use a calendar for deadlines.• Set aside time each week to login.
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Question: How much time do I have to spend
online?
• You should plan to spend at least the same amount of time you would spend on a face-to-face class.
• For a one unit class -- you'll spend a minimum of one hour a week looking at some of the class resources, checking on assignments, contributing to discussions, and posting homework.
• You’ll probably spend another 3 hours on reading, practice activities and homework.
Answer: That is up to you
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Question: Do I have to log on at a particular time?
• You will have deadlines by which to submit your homework, but WHEN you complete that work is usually up to you.
• Your instructor MAY require chat sessions or other real time activities.
• It’s important NOT to leave it to the last minute to do your work or to submit it.
• If you have trouble connecting to your ISP or the course website, then your assignments will be late.
Answer: Usually NOT.
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Question: Where do we meet for class?
• Other than the orientation meeting, most online courses don't really "meet" in a physical face to face sense.
• We'll interact regularly through the Internet. • We'll be using some software called Desire2Learn and
using the Los Rios eLearning web server. • Course materials are available on the course web
pages, the bulletin boards, announcements and email.
Answer: Online, not in a classroom.
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Question: How will we communicate?
• We'll communicate with each other using web-based bulletin boards, chat rooms and email.
• The instructor is available to you through email, voicemail and virtual office hours.
• On-campus office hours are also available by appointment.
• These same tools will be used for student-to-student communication also.
Answer: In many ways.
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Question: Is taking a class online easier than a "regular" class?
• Some students think an online class is even more demanding than a face-to-face class.
• You have to stay motivated and stay on top of your work for the class.
• The workload in an online class is usually identical to an on-site class on the same topic.
Answer: No.
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Research shows that most
Successful Online Students are:
• Self-motivated and self-starters, • Have good organizational skills,• Have good time-management skills,• Are familiar with computers and the
Internet, • Are resourceful and actively seek
answers and solutions to questions and problems.
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Question: Do I have to have a computer at home?
• Access to a computer at home makes it easier, but you do NOT have to own a computer for an online class.
• Students can access computers on the campus in several locations (the Learning Resource Center, and the Business Computer lab, for example) or at other district colleges.
• Some students complete online classes from work (with permission from their employer, of course).
Answer: NO
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Question: What Internet skills would be helpful
in an online class? Answer:
• Know how to use a web browser. • Know how to use an email program. • Know how to make and organize bookmarks
in your browser software. • Some familiarity with web-based
interactions--bulletin boards, chat and mailing lists will also be useful.
• Some familiarity with word processing. • Experience in successful Internet searches
using a variety of search engines.
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Question:What Is Expected from Students
Answer:
• As in a regular face-to-face class, your instructor expects that you will adhere to standards of:– courtesy, – professionalism, and – academic honesty.
• Participate with appropriate consideration for each other and for the instructor.
• Your e-mails and web postings should:– be on the topic at hand, – be appropriate and – should reflect a professional demeanor.
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Do You Know Online Etiquette?
• Identify yourself by name in each email or posting.
• Be supportive and constructive in your comments to each other.
• Help and support each other.• Everyone will benefit from a positive online
learning environment.• Read information on Online Etiquette. (Use
the Back button to come back and finish the presentation.)
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Academic Honesty:
It is a violation of college policy to plagiarize or to recycle work.
You must not: • take others’ thoughts or words without appropriate
acknowledgment; • submit work that has been written or revised in part
or in whole by another person; • submit work that you have submitted for another
class.
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Be sure to get the following Course Information from your instructor:
• Course Objectives• Course Expectations • Assignments
– How to submit assignments– How to label files
• How to address your emails to the instructor
• Grading Policies• Other course issues
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Video Clips and Animations
• Another section of the Orientation will demonstrate some of the online tools that we’ll use for the course
• You can read the written instructions or watch the video demonstrations.
• Link to an Orientation on: Using Los Rios eLearning Desire2Learn
• Other tools for Getting Started.
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