Top 5 mistakes online students make!
Online education has come of age in the past decade and there are many individuals making the most of it. The number of benefits provided by such courses is so many it is hard to neglect the way online courses are changing the face of education. And especially higher education at that. While people are fast catching up on making use of online MBA and similar courses in order to complete their education, get a higher education or just get the extra benefits of having that degree, many have not understood the way these courses should be handled. It is easy to shy away from good opportunities such as the chance to get a good educational degree just by making some excuses and believing in the myths that surround online education. It is also very easy for potential students to be misled into getting admission into dubious colleges not knowing the importance of accredited colleges and courses. All these things surpassing, if a student takes admission in a good college to pursue further education through the online mode, there can never be anything more wrong than not making proper and appropriate use of the convenience provided by such courses. Students often tend to sit back and relax having taken admission in an online college thinking that the course will take care of itself. This is not the case, so here are top 5 mistakes online students make and take the opportunity they got, on the wrong course. 1. Sit back and relax. The admission procedure to an online MBA course or any online degree course may not be as rigorous and taxing as is for a regular course. This gives many students the impression that everything about the course is as easy and they need not put any effort. Well, the fact is that any online course is as good as a regular course. You have to put in effort in order to go through it well and complete it effectively. The curriculum is the same, students belonging to online colleges have to undertake exams of similar difficulty levels as that of regular students and undergo a similar teaching-learning routine in order to get the degree, so there leaves no doubt for the students that they have to put in the same amount of effort into getting an online degree as with a regular one. Only difference here is that, you can study at your own convenience. 2. Not take course work and assignments seriously. The faculty in online colleges is often has more industrial exposure than a regular college. Therefore the assignments that they prepare are also expected to have a more practical and market based influence. This is good for students they will be better prepared for the real world than with just bookish knowledge. Students often seem to disregard this fact and ignore the assignments after getting admitted to an online course. It is important to keep in mind that last moment and examination based studies for higher education courses do not yield a qualified person but just a person with a degree, and that is a marked difference which can be found out easily by a good interview board. Assignments and course work for any online course need to be taken seriously for any student to do well and get the maximum knowledge from it. 3. Insufficient time dedication to studies Online colleges give their students the liberty to attend online class sessions, do their assignments and get involved with other aspects of the course at the student’s convenience and availability. This in no way implies that the time required to be spent on such courses needs to be minimum. A minimum effort can only yield a minimum score. This should not be the desired result of any student. So proper time management needs to be done to balance work and study time. An online student needs to balance work, family and studies which can be demanding at times and so a proper schedule needs to be worked out so that everything of importance is taken care of well. Good grades in college go a long way in clinching that desired job or get a scholarship to pursue further studies. 4. Missing out on faculty interaction The best of field experience rich faculty can be found in most online colleges. Students therefore are privileged to be interacting with people with such a background. Moreover the faculty members belonging to online colleges interact with their students more on an individual basis due the mode of learning being different. This gives the student better opportunity to get the best knowledge and make the most of the experience of such faculty members by maximizing interaction with them. Learning is much more fun and interesting when flavored with real world experiences. Many students just interact with faculty members on a strict need basis thus losing on a chance to learn more and also establish good contacts with such industrially wise professionals. 5. Ignoring peer presence and participation Since online courses are preferred by professionals, the peer group formed for various courses offered by online colleges is varied and diverse. Moreover there are bulletin boards and discussion forums where the students participate and get to know each other better as well as connect with each other. Peer interaction is an important aspect of online education and applies more so for online business management courses. This helps the students make new contacts from various fields and belonging to various locations, which in turn might be helpful in knowing about suitable opportunities existing in various companies when looking out for a job. Also since these students are also professionals pursuing their career while studying, real life case studies come up for discussions which turn out to be quite enriching. Once a student takes up the decision to pursue further education through online mode, proper planning and time allotment needs to be done for making the max of it and not just getting a degree. Cheers! AVAGMAH Online School for Working Professionals (www.avagmah.in)
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