| There are many students choose to earn their | | | | optimizing their time on study; or they may slowly |
| degree online, but not 100% of these online | | | | progress through the study program and take |
| students are successfully completing their degree | | | | their own sweet time to complete the courses. |
| program. Although the online education is a popular | | | | For students who are bad at self-motivation, they |
| option among the students, not all students suit | | | | may take forever to complete the degree |
| the education style in online setting. Therefore, | | | | program if they learn in online learning |
| you have to evaluate yourself on whether you | | | | environment. Nobody will look and push at your |
| will be a good online student before you choose | | | | back, you have to take initiative to download the |
| the online education as your option. Among the | | | | learning materials, complete the assignments and |
| key factors that make a good online student are: | | | | plan your study progress to meet your own |
| 1. Good written communication skills | | | | deadline. So, self-motivation will determine the |
| In online learning environment, most | | | | success or failure in online education. |
| communications will be done in written format. | | | | 4. Commitment to complete the course |
| Although many online degree courses have | | | | Self-motivate makes the difference between the |
| integrated classes in video format, most of | | | | success and the dropout students, but the |
| learning materials and assignments are still in digital | | | | commitment to stay with the course to its |
| downloadable format, which you need to read and | | | | completion is the motor that motivate a good |
| understand them through reading and writing. | | | | online student to get graduated. Therefore, good |
| Therefore, you should have good written | | | | online students should set schedules throughout |
| communication skills in order to succeed as a | | | | their study program and commit themselves to |
| student. | | | | meet the deadline on each schedule until they hit |
| 2. Comfortable with web navigation | | | | graduation finally. |
| In online studying environment, you have to find | | | | 5. Good online students should enjoy working |
| the assignments and course materials from online | | | | independently |
| learning system, as well as be able to participle | | | | Although you are connected with other students |
| and post to discussion forums using the online | | | | through the network, physically you are studying |
| learning system. So, you should be comfortable to | | | | alone. Good online students should enjoy working |
| navigate online learning system, which mostly in | | | | independently. In online learning environment, the |
| browser format. | | | | instructor's job is to be a guide to give directions |
| 3. Self-motivation is the key to success | | | | and comments throughout the course. You should |
| Most students want to choose online education | | | | be able to follow the instructions and work |
| are because they want to enjoy the advantages | | | | independently to complete the tasks given. |
| of being an online student. One key advantage in | | | | Summary |
| most online education programs is they have | | | | Generally, a student should have at least the |
| flexible schedules and students can choose to | | | | above 5 factors to success in online education. |
| follow their own pace of study. They may choose | | | | These are among the qualities that make for a |
| to complete their study as quick as possible by | | | | good online student. |