Earning a degree online is a fantastic option for many working adults. To be successful in the online classroom, it is important to make a workable plan and stick to it. Here are a few tips to help you get off to a great start:

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Take advantage of everything your instructor offers you in the way of instruction. If you choose not to read the weekly messages your instructor posts, you can be sure you will miss out on a lot of helpful advice that isn’t in your syllabus.

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You need to read your syllabus! Even if you don’t read every detail up front, at least read through the whole thing noting important information to help you get off to a good start. Then at the beginning of each week carefully read the information pertinent to the week as you go through the course. Oh, and don’t forget to check the main forum for additional messages from your instructor! More about that later.

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If you were starting a new class, would you read the entire syllabus to get an overall idea of what to expect during the course, or would you just go week by week and do whatever was required of you during that week?

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What is it that makes a person not want to follow directions? Are we in too big a hurry to take five minutes to read directions before we begin a project? Is it because we are so smart we are sure we can do everything by jumping in with both feet? I am perplexed and I wish I could find a solution. If you have any advice or even a story about how not reading directions got the best of you, please share it with me.

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Though none of us seem to have enough time in a day or a week to do all we feel we need to accomplish, we still have tasks that must be completed sooner or later. They never seem to go away by themselves.

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