First off I want to say that this term has definitely been a learning experiencing for me. If you would have asked me a year ago if I would be a full time online student I would have said no. This has been my first term at OSU and I have struggled but I also have had a lot of fun. The strengths that I naturally poss for an online learner is my dedication and commitment to learning. I know learning and getting a college degree \u00a0is important in my generation and I know in order to get a degree I will have to be very committed. Something else that has been a strength this term for me and in my life in general is I am good at asking for help or speaking up when I need to. I am learning from the other side of the country and I found that communicating with my fellow classmates and my professors is very important as a online learner. I have been put out of my comfort zone a little bit this term with communicating. Why I have been put out of my comfort level is because I have had to talk to so many people that \u00a0have actually never met before. At first this was hard for me, but after a week or two I found that it was’t so bad at all. What I ant to improve on as a online learner and as a student in general is that I don’t want to procrastinate and i want all my assignments to be on time. This class has helped me with procrastination and I know now how I can help myself or people or groups I can contact that can help me too. I also want to improve my time management in my school work. I work two jobs and have a bunch of things constantly going on in the week and I want to make sure I set the right amount of time aside to get my work done. The tools that I will use to help me is looking back at the work I have done in this class and my other class. I think this can be a great reminder of things for me. Some tips that I will use as a online learner is reaching out when I need to, knowing how to look up academic journals and research papers, and knowing where to find things on the Oregon state website. A resource that I found that will help me with communication is the Academic Success Group. I have not yet got involved but I plan on it throughout the summer. I am really glad I found this resource that can help me with some issues I may have or just having someone to talk to if I get overwhelmed with school stuff. I can not even begin to describe my goal for next term in the fall. I am glad I know how to use Canvas now so I think that should help me a lot and save me time and stress. I also know what it is like using a bunch of different discussion boards and I am very confident in my postings and communicating with my peers. A step I really took this term to help me in the next term is looking towards the future. I looked in advance at the term next year and i found there was a few things that were stopping me form being the best learner I can be. I think this goes back to the procrastination and not using my time the best that I can. I really have learned from the mistakes I have made this term and I am looking forward to the future to show I can improve the things i struggle with. I am really glad I took this class and it really has taught me a lot. I hope everyone had a great term not only in this class, but in all your other ones as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
First off I want to say that this term has definitely been a learning experiencing for me. If you would have asked me a year ago if I would be a full time online student I would have said no. This has been my first term at OSU and I have struggled but I also… Continue reading