Successful Online Students Identify Seven Tips *

1. Develop a time-management strategy.
2. Make the most of online discussions.
3. Use it or lose it.
4. Make questions useful to your learning.
5. Stay motivated.
6. Communicate the instruction technniques that work.
7. Make connections with fellow students.

* Taken from the article "How Students Develop Online Learning Skills" by Alan R. Roper, Educause Quarterly, Number 1 2007

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