Contents
Part 1. Who Am I as an Online Learner?
1. Identifying Skills for Self-Directed Learning
2. Applying the Plan-Monitor-Evaluate Model for Assessing Your Learning Progress
3. Using Critical Questioning to Support Your Learning
4. Managing Information for Online Learning
Part 2. Who Am I with on My Learning Journey?
5. Defining Your Learning Community
6. Understanding the Principles of Effective Teamwork
7. Planning for Successful Teamwork
8. Progressing Through the Stages of Team Development
9. Making Commitments That Support Teamwork
Part 3. Who Are My Instructors? What Is Their Role?
10. Describing the Role of an Online Instructor
11. Developing an Effective Student-Instructor Connection
Part 4. Learning to Manage Your Time
12. Using Your Course Schedules to Organize Your Learning
13. Developing a Weekly Schedule That Works for You
15. Making Use of Small Blocks of Time
Part 5. Professional Communication
16. Communicating by Email in the Online Learning Environment
17. Communicating in Online Discussion Forums
18. Giving and Receiving Feedback
Part 6. Analyzing Online Assignments
19. Identifying Learning Goals for Assignments
20. Using a Rubric / Marking Guide to Structure Your Work
21. Creating an Assignment Plan
22. Using Feedback to Move Forward
23. Understanding the Emphasis of Reading in Your Online Learning Journey
24. Evaluating Your Reading Skills
25. Strategic Reading with the SQ3R Method
26. Identifying the Purpose of SQ3R Steps
28. Reading Journal Articles Strategically
Resource 2.1: Key Questions to Improve Your Learning
Resource 2.2: Planning-Monitoring-Evaluation Cycle Activity
Resource 3.1: Create Study Questions Using Bloom’s Cognitive Taxonomy
Resource 11.1: Developing Instructor Relationships Online
Resource 12.1: Master Schedule Template
Resource 13.1: Weekly Schedule Template
Resource 20.1: Use a Rubric / Marking Guide
Resource 21.1: Create an Assignment Planner