Successful Online Learner

There are a few qualities that make a successful online student. First, you want to organize your workspace. This is really important if you're student who's fully online working from home. Set up a quiet space at home where you can work and focus. If you take your course at school, ask your mentor for quiet area where you can work. Logging in. Log in daily if you can or at least three times a week to check the messages or teachers leave and check the course announcements to make sure you know what you need to do for the upcoming week. Staying on pace. Our courses provide a flexible learning environment which is awesome because you can work at your own pace, but it can be easy to get off track. So maintain a daily routine and stick with it. Time management Time management is another quality that makes for a successful online student. We all have busy lives, so managing your time with both school and personal activities is important to staying on track in an online course. Set a schedule for yourself and establish one mental goal for the day. Communication, communicate with your teachers and mentors on a regular basis. We are here to support and guide you for your course every step of the way. We encourage you to ask questions. We want you to reach out especially when struggling or if you just need to chat, we're always here to help you. Something that I recommend to current and future online students who all take courses through Michigan virtual is do not feel afraid email your teachers. Personally, I feel afraid to email my teachers mainly because I feel like the questions weren't very good, or I just felt kinda stupid, but Michigan Virtual has really taught me that it is okay to ask those questions. The teachers are there to help you, so I cannot stress enough. Please ignore your teachers. I would also recommend using your pacing guide that is given to you by Michigan Virtual on the assignments that you need to complete and when you need to complete them. Especially when it comes to AP courses. When it comes to AP courses, Michigan virtual has hard deadlines, so you need to make sure you know when your deadlines are and do not feel afraid to email your teacher if you have trouble meeting these deadlines, or if you have an emergency talking about joining school. They're there to help you and they understand that students have lies outside of school, so don't feel afraid to message a teacher if you need help. Hi. My name is William Springer, and I serve as the Lead World Language instructor, as well as mathematics instructor at Michigan Virtual. My perspective on what makes qualities of a successful online student at Michigan Virtual would be number one, honest and communicative. So able to see what needs to happen to be successful in class and initiating contact with the teacher or others to make that happen. When there's an open line of communication, it changes everything. Another thing is having a learner mindset. Online learning looks a lot different than face to face learning usually looks in when one comes in with a preconceived notion of of what it should look like versus just a mindset to learn and try something new, it makes a big difference. We're able to to kind of learn new habits and learn tricks to make that work when somebody comes in with a sense of humility and a curiosity to learn And then finally, if that student has a supportive environment of accountability around them, such as their local school mentor, parent guardian, even months, checking in just somebody face to face that can ask them, how are things going? You know, let's are you logging in regularly? Things like that. Usually, when to struggle, it has to do with they're not communicating, and they're just not coming to class. And when there can be people, adults, or peers in that student's life that could just help them along with that. It can make a big difference toward that student having a successful and enjoyable online learning experience My name is Grant Conger, and I'm a senior friend from the high school. I'd say the best advice for someone taking a Michigan virtual class is to stay self motivated because there's not really many people to push you or sort of force you to do things. So if you stay self motivated, it's it's a really good opportunity and it really nice way to learn. If you're not self motivated, then it can get a little bit difficult and you can fall behind. But I their way. It's a it's a really good opportunity to take your learning to the next level.